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A parallel plate capacitor with air as the dielectric has capacitance C. A slab of dielectric constant K and having the same thickness as the separation between plates is introduced so as to fill one-fourth of the capacitor as shown in the figure. The new capacitance will be :

A

`(K+3)C/4`

B

`(K+2)C/4`

C

`(K+1)C/4`

D

`(KC)/4`

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