A capacitor is charged by a battery and energy stored is 'U'. Now the battery is removed and the distance…

A capacitor is charged by a battery and energy stored is 'U'. Now the battery is removed and the distance between plates is increased to four times. The energy stored becomes
  1. $4 \mathrm{U}$
  2. U.
  3. $3 \mathrm{U}$
  4. $2 \mathrm{U}$

Solution

As we know energy stored in capacitor is propotional to distance so, after increases the distance energy will be 4U. ~

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (13 Oct Shift 2)

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