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A capacitor has rectangular plates of length a and width b. The top plate is inclined at a small angle as shown in the figure. The plate separation varies from d=y0 at the left to d =2y0 at the right where y0 is much less than a or b. What is capacitance of the system?

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ε0ab2y0ln2
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2ε0ab2y0ln2
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ε0aby0ln2
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ε0ab2y0ln2
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Solution

The correct option is C ε0aby0ln2

We consider a differential strip of width dx and length b to approximate a differential capacitor of area bdx and separation d =y0+(y0a)x.
thus, dC = ε0bdxy0+y0ax
C=30ε0bdxy0+y0axC=ε0 aby0ln 2

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