EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEER
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Chapter 26, Problem 26.14OQ
You charge a parallel-plate capacitor, remove it from the battery, and prevent the wires connected to the plates from touching each other. When you increase the plate separation, do the following quantities (a) increase, (b) decrease, or (c) stay the same? (i) C (ii) Q (iii) E between the plates (iv) ΔV
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