BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2013

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    Figure below shows four plates each of area S separated from one another by a distance d. What is the capacitance between A and B?

    A) \[\frac{4\,{{\varepsilon }_{0}}3}{d}\]                      

    B)  \[\frac{3\,{{\varepsilon }_{0}}5}{d}\]

    C)  \[\frac{2\,{{\varepsilon }_{0}}5}{d}\]     

    D)         \[\frac{\,{{\varepsilon }_{0}}5}{d}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Two plates of B are joined together and therefore cannot form a capacitor. Thus, there are only two capacitors in parallel - one between the upper most plate and the next one and second between the lower most plate and the one above it. Hence.\[C={{C}_{1}}+{{C}_{2}}=\frac{{{\varepsilon }_{0}}5}{d}+\frac{{{\varepsilon }_{0}}5}{d}=\frac{2{{\varepsilon }_{0}}5}{d}\]


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