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What effect does increasing the plate area of a parallel plate capacitor have on its capacitance?.
- A.Capacitance decreases
- B.Capacitance remains the same
- C.Capacitance increases
- D.Capacitance becomes zero
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- Capacitance increases
Explanation
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Increasing the plate area of a parallel plate capacitor increases its capacitance because capacitance is directly proportional to the area of the plates.
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