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A parallel plate capacitor is to be designed, using a dielectric of dielectric constant 5, so as to have a dielectric strength of `10^(9)V*m^(-1)`. If the voltage rating of the capacitor is 12kV, the minimum area of each plate required to have a capacitance of 80pF is

A

`10.5xx10^(-6)m^2`

B

`21.7xx10^(-6)m^2`

C

`25.0xx10^(-5)m^2`

D

`12.5xx10^(-5)m^2`

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