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Calculate the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor of area S, separation d and dielectric constant varying linearly from `epsilon_(1) " to " epsilon_(2)(epsilon_(2)gtepsilon_(1))` in the direction of the applied field.

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`C=(epsilon_(0)S)/(d).(epsilon_(2)-epsilon_(1))/("In"epsilon_(2)//epsilon_(1)`
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