The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are connected to a battery. If the distance between the

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The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are connected to a battery. If the distance between the plates is halved, the energy of the capacitor

A. Increases by a factor of 4.

B. Doubles.
C. Remains the same.

D. Is halved.
E. Decreases by a factor of 4.

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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