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A parallel plate capacitor is to be designed with a voltage rating 1 KV using a material of dielectrical constant 3 and dielectric strength about `10^(7) Vm^(-1)`. [Dielectric strength is the maximum electric field a material can tolerate without break down, i.e, without starting to conduct electrically through partial ionisation. For safety, we should like the field never to exceed say `10%` of the dielectric strength]. What minimum area of the plates is required to have a capacitance of 50 pF ?

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