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19.7 Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

Consider a parallel plate capacitor with metal plates, each of square shape of 1.00 m on a side, separated by 1.00 mm. If the plates grow in area while the voltage is held fixed, the capacitance ___ and the stored energy ___.

  1. decreases, decreases
  2. decreases, increases
  3. increases, decreases
  4. increases, increases

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 19.7 Energy Stored in Capacitors, exercise 7

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