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Plate area and plate gap of a parallel plate capacitor are both doubled. Capacitance
AIs unchanged
BIs halved
CIs doubled
DIs quadrupled
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Is unchanged
C = ε0A/d, so doubling both A and d leaves the ratio, and hence C, unchanged.
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