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The space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is halved and a dielectric medium of relative permittivity 10 is introduced between the plates. The ratio of the final and initial capacitances of the capacitor is

  1. A 20
  2. B 10
  3. C \(\frac{1}{10}\)
  4. D \(\frac{1}{20}\)
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(A) 20

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Initial capacitance, \(\mathrm{C}_1=\frac{\varepsilon_0 \mathrm{~A}}{\mathrm{~d}}\) Final capacitance,…
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