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Plates a and B constitutes an isolated, charge parallel plate capacitor. The inner surface (I and IV) of A and B have charge +Q and -Q respectively. A third plate C with charge +Q is now introduced midways between A and B. Which of the following statement is not correct?

A

The surface I and II will have equal and opposite charges

B

The surfaces III and IV will have equal and opposite charges

C

The charge on surface III will be greater than Q

D

The potential difference between A and C will be equal to the potential difference between C and B

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