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When a slab of inslulating material `4 mm` thick is inroduced between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor, it is found that the distance between the plates has to be increased by `3.2 mm` to restore the capacity to its original value. Calculate dielectric constant of the material.

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Change in distance, `x = t (1 - (1)/(K))`
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