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MHT CET · Physics · Electromagnetic Waves

If \(\varepsilon_0\) and \(\varepsilon\) represent the permittivity of free space and absolute permittivity of a medium then the relative permittivity of the medium is

  1. A \(\frac{\varepsilon^2}{\varepsilon_0}\)
  2. B \(\frac{\varepsilon_0}{\varepsilon}\)
  3. C \(\varepsilon \varepsilon_0\)
  4. D \(\frac{\varepsilon}{\varepsilon_0}\)
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(D) \(\frac{\varepsilon}{\varepsilon_0}\)

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The absolute permittivity of the medium is defined as, \(\varepsilon=\varepsilon_r \varepsilon_0\)

The relative permittivity of the medium can be written as:
\(\varepsilon_r=\frac{\varepsilon}{\varepsilon_0}\)