Assertion: Capacity of a parallel plate capacitor increases when distance between the plates is decreased Reason: Capacitance of capacitor is inversely proportional to distance between them

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Assertion: Capacity of a parallel plate capacitor increases when distance between the plates is decreased Reason: Capacitance of capacitor is inversely proportional to distance between them (A) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion (B) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion (C) If assertion is true but reason is false (D) If both assertion and reason are false

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Capacitance of parallel plate capacitor is C=(ε0 A/d) where A is the area of each plate and d is separation between them. Thus if distance decreases, capacitance of capacitor increases

Q. Assertion : Capacity of a parallel plate capacitor increases when distance between the plates is decreased
Reason : Capacitance of capacitor is inversely proportional to distance between them

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

Capacitance of parallel plate capacitor is $C = \frac{ε _{0} A}{d}$ where $A$ is the area of each plate and $d$ is separation between them. Thus if distance decreases, capacitance of capacitor increases

Q. Assertion : Capacity of a parallel plate capacitor increases when distance between the plates is decreased Reason : Capacitance of capacitor is inversely proportional to distance between them