Electrostatics Question 630
Question: Three plates of common surface area A are connected as shown. The effective capacitance will be [Orissa PMT 2004]
Options:
A) $ \frac{{\varepsilon _{0}}A}{d} $
B) $ \frac{3{\varepsilon _{0}}A}{d} $
C) $ \frac{3}{2}\frac{{\varepsilon _{0}}A}{d} $
D) $ \frac{2{\varepsilon _{0}}A}{d} $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
The given circuit is equivalent to parallel combination of two identical capacitors, each having capacitance $ C=\frac{{\varepsilon _{0}}A}{d} $ .
Hence $ C _{eq}=2C=\frac{2{\varepsilon _{0}}A}{d} $
