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Suppose the two plates of a capacitor have different areas. When the capacitor is charged by connecting it to a battery, do the charges on the two plates have equal magnitued, or can they be differet? Explain you reasoning.

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Yes, magnitude of charge on both plates will be equal because all the electrons lost from positive plate will go to negative.
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