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Two large conducting plates, identical in size, are placed parallel to each other at a separation d. Each plate has area A. One of the plates is cut into two equal parts and then a battery of emf V is connected across these two pieces. Find the work done by the battery in supplying charge to the plates.

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`(in_(0)A)/(4d)V^(2)`
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