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A parallel-plate capacitor has plates of unequal area . The larger plates is connected to the positive terminal of the battery and the smaller plate to its nagative terminal. Let Q+ and Q-be the charges appearing on the positive and negative plates respectively

A

`Q_+gtQ-`

B

`Q_+=Q-`

C

`Q_+ltQ-`

D

The information is not sufficient to decide the ralation between `Q_+` and `Q_.`

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