An air-filled capacitor consists of two parallel plates, each with an area of 7.60 cm2, separated by a distance of 1.70 mm. If a 24.2-V potential difference is applied to these plates, calculate the following. (a) the electric field between the plates magnitude      kV/m direction      ---Select--- from the positive plate to the negative plate from the negative plate to the positive plate (b) the capacitance pF(c) the charge on each plate pC

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An air-filled capacitor consists of two parallel plates, each with an area of 7.60 cm2, separated by a distance of 1.70 mm. If a 24.2-V potential difference is applied to these plates, calculate the following.

(a) the electric field between the plates
magnitude      kV/m
direction      ---Select--- from the positive plate to the negative plate from the negative plate to the positive plate

(b) the capacitance
 pF

(c) the charge on each plate
 pC
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