Multiple Choice
Energy in capacitors: An ideal air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has round plates and carries a fixed amount of equal but opposite charge on its plates. All the geometric parameters of the capacitor (plate diameter and plate separation) are now DOUBLED. If the original capacitance was C0, what is the new capacitance?
A) 4C0
B) 2C0
C) C0
D) C0/2
E) C0/4
Correct Answer:

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