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What is the permittivity of textbook paper?

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3.6

Step-by-step explanation:

The Permittivity of an material is the "measure of a the ability of that material to be polarized by an electric field." The permittivity is often given as ε.

The di electric constant of a material is actually the ratio of permittivity of the material, to the permittivity of vacuum. It is often called the "relative permittivity of a material," and is given as 3.6 for a sheet of paper. The di electric constant is usually represented with k

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