JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - Electric potential and capacitance
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A paralle plate capacitor is made up of stair like structure with a palte area \(A\) of each stair and that is connected with a wire of length \(b\), as shown in the figure. The capacitance of the arrangement is \(\frac{ x }{15} \frac{\varepsilon_{0} A }{ b }\). The value of \(x\) is ............

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(C) \(23\)
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Parallel combination
\(c _{ eq }=\varepsilon_{0} A \left[\frac{1}{5 b }+\frac{1}{3 b }+\frac{1}{ b }\right]=\frac{23}{15} \frac{\varepsilon_{0} A }{ b }\)
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