When You Insert a Piece of Paper $\kappa$ = 37)into the Air Between the Plates of a Capacitor,the Capacitance

question 5

Multiple Choice

When you insert a piece of paper ( $\kappa$ = 3.7) into the air between the plates of a capacitor,the capacitance

• A)increases.
• B)decreases.
• C)does not change.
• D)could increase,decrease,or not change depending on the dielectric constant of the paper.
• E)does none of these.

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