What is the capacitance of a capacitor with an area of 500 cm2 and a distance between plates of 0.01 cm? Coulomb's constant is given as 8.85 x 10-12
A)0)004 ?F
B)0)008 ?F
C)0)012 ?F
D)0)55 ?F
E)0)85 ?F

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The capacitance is 0.004 ?F. C = e*(A/d), where e is Coulomb's constant, A is the area, and d is the distance between the two plates. For this problem, we need to convert the area into 0.05 m2 (keeping in mind 1 m2 is 100,000 cm²).

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