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The plates of an air capacitor are discs. The radius of the discs is increased by 40 %, and the gap is reduced by 30 %. By what factor does the capacitance change?
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Electricity & Magnetism › Electric Potential and Capacitance
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The plates of an air capacitor are discs. The radius of the discs is increased by
40
%
40\ \%
40
%
, and the gap is reduced by
30
%
30\ \%
30
%
. By what factor does the capacitance change?
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1.37
1.37
1.96
1.96
1.96
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.8
2.8
2.8
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