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A parallel plate capacitor consists of two thin conducting plates each of area A held parallel to each other at a suitable distance d. insulating medium is generally filled between the plates.
Capacitance of the capacitor with vacuum as medium is

A

mica

B

glass

C

aluminium

D

paper

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