A slab of copper of thickness b = 2.00 mm is thrust into a parallel plate capacitor of plate area A = 2.40 cm2 and plate separation d = 5.00 mm, as shown in Figure the slab is exactly between the plates.

(a) What is the capacitance after the slab is introduced?

(b) If a charge q = 3.40μC is maintained on the plates, what is the ratio of the stored energy before to that after the slab is inserted?

(c) How much work is done on the slab as it is inserted?

(d) Is the slab sucked in or must it be pushed in?

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