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Increasing the potential difference across the two plates of a capacitor will _________________.Group of answer choicesincrease the chargedecrease the chargeincrease the capacitancedecrease the capacitance

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We know,

Q=CV

where C is the capacitance Q is the charge and V is the potential difference.

So with increase in potential difference the charge increases while teh capacitance decreases.

So the answers are:

increase the charge

decrease the capacitance

User Olivier Lacan
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