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The capacitance of a capacitor with charge q and a potential difference V depends on

Asked in Re-NEET 2024 · Capacitance of a conductor and a capacitor

Answer: (2) the geometry of the capacitor

Step-by-step solution

For a parallel-plate capacitor C=(ε₀KA)/d: plate area, separation and the medium between the plates.

q and V are always proportional, q=CV, so the capacitance does not depend on either; it is fixed by the geometry (and the dielectric).

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