Question

The capacitance of an air filled parallel plate capacitor is 10μμF . The separation between the plates is doubled and the space between the plates is then filled with wax giving the capacitance a new value of 40. The dielectric constant of wax is

(a) 12.0   

(b) 10.0

(c) 8.0

(d) 4.2

Answer

(c) 8.0

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