Question

How does the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor change on decreasing the plate area

Answer 1

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Therefore, as the area of the plates increase, capacitance increases. Capacitance is directly proportional to the electrostatic force field between the plates. This field is stronger when the plates are closer together. Therefore, as the distance between the plates decreases, capacitance increases.
$$\begin{gathered} C=\frac{\epsilon A}{d} \\ whereAistheareaofplatesanddisthedis\tan cebwplates \end{gathered}$$
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