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A capacitor has capacitance 5 µF when its parallel plates are separated by air medium of thickness d. A slab of material of dielectric constant 1.5 having area equal to that of plates but thickness d2 is inserted between the plates. Capacitance of the capacitor in the presence of slab will be ______ µF.
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The correct answer is: 6

Capacitance of the parallel plate capacitor when air is present C=ϵ0Ad=5 μF

After insertion of dielectric, the equivalent capacitance of the new capacitor is 

Ceq=ϵ0 Ad21.5+d21

=ε0 Ad3+d2=6ε0 A5d

=65×5 μF=6 μF.

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