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A parallel plate air filled capacitor has a capacitance of 50 pF. (a) IF each of its plates has an area of `0.30 m^2` What is the separation (b) IF the region between the plates is now filled with material having `k=5.6` What is the capacitance.

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`a) 5.3 times 10^-2 m b) 2.8 times 10^2 [F`
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