7.6 Exercise 16

(a) Will the electric field strength between two parallel conducting plates exceed the breakdown strength of dry air, which is $3.00 \times 10^{6} \text{V}/\text{m}$, if the plates are separated by 2.00 mm and a potential difference of $5.0 \times 10^{3} \text{V}$ is applied? (b) How close together can the plates be with this applied voltage?