The Plates of a Parallel Plate Capacitor Each Have an Area

question 65

Multiple Choice

The plates of a parallel plate capacitor each have an area of 0.40 m² and are separated by a distance of 0.02 m. They are charged until the potential difference between the plates is 3000 V. The charged capacitor is then isolated.
-Determine the magnitude of the electric field between the capacitor plates.

• A)60 V/m
• B)120 V/m
• C)1.0 × 10⁵ V/m
• D)1.5 × 10⁵ V/m
• E)3.0 × 10⁵ V/m

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