A parallel plate capacitor has a charge on one plate of q = 3.5E-07 C. Each square plate is d1 = 1.7 cm wide and the plates of the capacitor are separated by d2 = 0.65 mm. The gap is filled with air, εo = 8.85 × 10-12 C2/Nm2.     Part (a)  What is the voltage between the plates, ΔV, in V?  ΔV =       Part (b)  What plate width would double this voltage, in centimeters?  d3 =

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A parallel plate capacitor has a charge on one plate of q = 3.5E-07 C. Each square plate is d1 = 1.7 cm wide and the plates of the capacitor are separated by d2 = 0.65 mm. The gap is filled with air, εo = 8.85 × 10-12 C2/Nm2.

 
  Part (a)  What is the voltage between the plates, ΔV, in V? 
ΔV =   
   Part (b)  What plate width would double this voltage, in centimeters? 
d3 =

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