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Assessment: Capacitor and Capacitance

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Part A — Concept Questions

What does a capacitor store between its two plates?

Easy

A capacitor stores 0.001 C of charge at 25 V. Find its capacitance, in μF.

Easy

Part B — Formula & Application

A parallel-plate capacitor has plates of area 0.05 m², separated by 0.002 m of air. Find its capacitance, in pF.

Hard

A 50 μF capacitor is charged to 20 V. Find the energy stored, in mJ.

Medium

Part C — Problem Solving

Find the total capacitance of three capacitors — 2 μF, 3 μF, and 6 μF — connected in parallel.

Medium

A 25 μF capacitor stores 0.0015 C of charge. Find the voltage across it.

Medium

Part D — Real-Life Application

Why do some circuits include a capacitor connected in parallel with the power supply?

Medium

An engineer wants to triple the energy stored in a capacitor without changing its capacitance. By what factor should the voltage change?

Hard

Part E — Challenge

Two capacitors, 5 μF and X μF, are connected in series and produce a total capacitance of 3 μF. Find X.

Hard

A parallel-plate capacitor has C=100 pF with air (εᵣ=1) between the plates. If a dielectric with εᵣ=5 is inserted (same area and separation), find the new capacitance.

Hard

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