Tutorials in Introductory Physics
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Chapter 5.5, Problem 1eT
A second plate with the same magnitude charge as the first, hut opposite sign, is now held near the first. The plates are large enough and close enough together that fringing effects near the edges can be ignored.
The diagrams below show various distributions of charge on the two plates. Decide which arrangement is physically correct. Explain.
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