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A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking n equally spaced plates connected alternatively. If the capacitance between any two adjacent plates is 'C' then the resultant capacitance is

A

nC

B

C

C

(n+1)C

D

(n-1)C

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D
When the alternate plates of a capacitor consisting of n plates are connected, it produces a parallel combination of (n-1) capacitor each of capacity C,
`therefore` Resultant capacitance`=(n-1)C`
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