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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Capacitance

Taking earth to be a metallic sphere, its capacity will approximately be

  1. A \(6.4 \times 10^6 \mathrm{~F}\)
  2. B \(700 \mathrm{~F}\)
  3. C \(700 \mu \mathrm{F}\)
  4. D \(700 \mathrm{pF}\)
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(C) \(700 \mu \mathrm{F}\)

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Radius of earth, \(R=6400 \mathrm{~km}=6.4 \times 10^6 \mathrm{~m}\) Taking earth to be a metallic sphere, its capacitance is given as…