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The distance between plates of a parallel plate capacitor is `d` . Another thick metal plate of thickness d/2 of same area as that of plates is so placed between the plates, that it does not touch the plates. The capacity of the resultant capacitor

A

half

B

double

C

one fourth

D

unchanged

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