In an isolted, charged, parllel-plate air capacitor, the charge per unit area on each plate has a magnitude of `sigma`. A dielectric slab having the dielectric constant K is now introduced between the plates. The induced charge per unit area on the surface of the dielectric will have magnitude.
A
`(sigma)/(K)`
B
`sigma(K-1)`
C
`sigma(1-(1)/(K))`
D
`(sigma)/(K+1)`
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