Which of the following would increase the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor?
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Using smaller plates Replacing the dielectric material between the plates with one that has a smaller dielectric CONSTANT DECREASING the voltage between the plates movingi the plates closer together
Solution :The CAPACITANCE of a parallel-plate capacitor is `C=Kepsi_(0)A//d`, where K is the dielectric constant, A is the area of each plate, and d is their separation distance. Decreasing d will cause C to INCREASE.