The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged upto 200 volts. A dielectirc slab of thickness $4 \mathrm{~mm}$ is inserted between its plates. Then, to maintain the same potential difference between the plates of the capacitor, the distance between the plates is increased by $3.2…

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The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged upto 200 volts. A dielectirc slab of thickness $4 \mathrm{~mm}$ is inserted between its plates. Then, to maintain the same potential difference between the plates of the capacitor, the distance between the plates is increased by $3.2 \mathrm{~mm}$. The dielectric constant of the dielectric slab is

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$ \begin{aligned} & \frac{\varepsilon_0 A}{d}=\frac{\varepsilon_0 A}{d^{\prime}-t+\frac{t}{K}} \ & \Rightarrow \quad d=d^{\prime}-t+\frac{t}{K} \Rightarrow d^{\prime}-d=t\left(1-\frac{1}{K}ight) \end{aligned} $ Here, $d^{\prime}-d=3.2 \mathrm{~mm}, t=4 \mathrm{~mm}$ $ \begin{aligned} & 	herefore \quad 3.2=4\left(1-\frac{1}{K}ight) 1-\frac{1}{K} \ & \Rightarrow \quad \frac{3.2}{4}=1-\frac{1}{K} \Rightarrow 1-\frac{1}{K}=\frac{4}{5} \ & 	herefore \quad K=5 \ & \end{aligned} $

The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged upto 200 volts. A dielectirc slab of thickness $4…

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