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A parallel plate capacitor has plates of area A separated by distance ‘d’ between them. It is filled with a dielectric which has a dielectric constant varies as k (x) = k(1 + αx), where ‘x’ is the distance measured from one of the plates. If (αd <<1), the total capacitance of the system is best given by the expression:

a.\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{A\epsilon _{0}k}{d}\left [ 1+(\frac{\alpha d}{2})^{2}\right ]\end{array} \) b.\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{A\epsilon _{0}k}{d}\left [ 1+(\frac{\alpha d}{2})\right ]\end{array} \) c.\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{A\epsilon _{0}k}{d}\left [ 1+(\frac{\alpha^{2} d}{2})\right ]\end{array}... View Article

A satellite of mass m is launched vertically upward with an initial speed u from the surface of the earth. After it reaches height R(R = radius of earth), it ejects a rocket of mass m/10 so that subsequently the satellite moves in a circular orbit. The kinetic energy of the rocket is (G = gravitational constant; M is the mass of earth)

a. \(\begin{array}{l}5m\left[u^{2}-\frac{119}{200}\frac{GM}{R}\right]\end{array} \) b. \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{m}{20}\left [ u-\sqrt{\frac{2GM}{3R}} \right ]^{2}\end{array} \) c. \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{3m}{8}\left [ u+\sqrt{\frac{5GM}{6R}} \right ]^{2}\end{array} \) d. \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{m}{20}\left [... View Article

Two infinite planes each with uniform surface charge density +σ C/m2 are kept in such a way that the angle between them is 30o. The electric field in the region shown between them is given by:

a. \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{\sigma }{2\epsilon _{0}}\left [ (1-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2})\hat{y}-\frac{1}{2}\hat{x}) \right ]\end{array} \) b. \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{\sigma }{2\epsilon _{0}}\left [ (1+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2})\hat{y}-\frac{1}{2}\hat{x}) \right ]\end{array} \) c. \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{\sigma... View Article