1. A parallel plate capacitor has square plates 7.5 cm on a side, separated by 0.29 mm. The capacitor is charge to 12 V, then disconnected from the charging power supply. a. Calculate the capacitance of this capacitor b. What is the total charge on each plate? c. What is the electric field between the plates?

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1. A parallel plate capacitor has square plates 7.5 cm on a side, separated by 0.29 mm. The capacitor is charge to 12 V, then disconnected from the charging power supply.

a. Calculate the capacitance of this capacitor

b. What is the total charge on each plate?

c. What is the electric field between the plates?

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