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The capacities of a parallel plate capacitor first with air and then on introducing oil between its plates are `50muF` and `120muF` respectively. The dielectric constant of oil is

A

2

B

4.2

C

2.4

D

0.48

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C
`K=(C')/(C)=(120)/(50)=2.4`
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