I measure the capacitance, C, of two parallel metal plates with nothing but air

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I measure the capacitance, C, of two parallel metal plates with nothing but air between them.

Later in the day, I place a block of paraffin wax between the plates. When I measure the capacitance again....

Inserting the wax will have increased the plates' capacitance.

Inserting the wax will have no effect on the plates' capacitance.

Inserting the wax will have decreased the plates' capacitance.

The effect of the wax is impossible to predict without more specific information.

Inserting the wax will have increased the plates' capacitance.

Inserting the wax will have no effect on the plates' capacitance.

Inserting the wax will have decreased the plates' capacitance.

The effect of the wax is impossible to predict without more specific information.

Inserting the wax will have increased the plates' capacitance.

because dielectric constant of paraffin wax= 2.1-2.5

So Cnew=kCold=2.1Cold

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