3) Below is a picture of a 12.000 Volt battery connected to a capacitor that originally has a capacitance of 0.66666 Farad (before any dielectric is added). A) What is the magnitude of the charge stored on the capacitor plates before any changes are made to the capacitor? B) What is the energy stored in the capacitor before the dielectric is added? A slab of dielectric the same thickness as the spacing between the plates and a width equal to half the width of the plates is added. The dielectric constant is K= 5.0000

3) Below is a picture of a 12.000 Volt battery connected to a capacitor that originally has a capacitance of 0.66666 Farad (before any dielectric is added). A) What is the magnitude of the charge stored on the capacitor plates before any changes are made to the capacitor? B) What is the energy stored in the capacitor before the dielectric is added? A slab of dielectric the same thickness as the spacing between the plates and a width equal to half the width of the plates is added. The dielectric constant is K= 5.0000

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Chapter16: Electrical Energy And Capacitance

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Problem 6CQ: An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor with capacitance C0 stores charge Q on plates separated by...

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