A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation d is connected to a battery. Th

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A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation d is connected to a battery. The capacitor is fully charged to Q Coulombs and a voltage of V. (C is the capacitance and U is the stored energy.) Answer the following questions regarding the capacitor charged by a battery. For each statement below, select True or False.

____ After being disconnected from the battery, inserting a dielectric with ? will increase V.

____ After being disconnected from the battery, decreasing d increases C.

____ With the capacitor connected to the battery, decreasing d increases U.

____ With the capacitor connected to the battery, inserting a dielectric with ? will increase C.

____ With the capacitor connected to the battery, inserting a dielectric with ? will decrease U.

____ After being disconnected from the battery, increasing d increases V.

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false

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true

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false

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