Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation between them. X has air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric medium of $E_{r}$ = 4.
(i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4 $μ F$ .
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of
X and Y.
(iii) Estimate the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y.

Question

Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation between them. X has air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric medium of

E_{r}

= 4.
(i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4

μ F

.
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of
X and Y.
(iii) Estimate the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y.

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Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation between them. X has air between the plates while T contains a dielectric medium $$\varepsilon_r = 4$$Calculate the capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is $$4 \mu F$$

Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation between them. X has air between the plates while T contains a dielectric medium $$\varepsilon_r = 4$$
Calculate the capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is $$4 \mu F$$