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Charge Q is given to the upper plate of an isolated parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C. The potential difference between the plates |
$\frac{Q}{C}$ $\frac{\frac{Q}{C}}{2}$ $\frac{Q / 2}{C}$ zero |
$\frac{Q / 2}{C}$ |
In general, for charge Q1 and Q2 on upper and lower plate respectively the charge distributions on outer and inner part of the plates are shown in figure. Here Q1 = Q, Q2 = 0 ∴ Charge on inner side of plate are $\frac{Q}{2}$ and $-\frac{Q}{2}$ respectively. Hence $V=\frac{Q / 2}{C}$ Hence (C) is correct choice. |