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An air filled parallel capacitor has capacity of 2pF. The separation of the plates is doubled and the interspaces between the plates is filled with wax. If the capacity is increased to 6pF, the dielectric constant of was is

A

2

B

3

C

4

D

6

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Doubling the separation of plates will have the value of capacitance equal to 1 `rho` F. Now dielectric will increase the capacitance K times .
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