Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 20 - Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 720: 54

Answer

$k=4.6$

Work Step by Step

We can find the dielectric constant k as follows: $k=\frac{d}{\epsilon_{\circ}A}\frac{Q}{V}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $k=\frac{(0.25\times 10^{-3})(1.2\times 10^{-6})}{(8.85\times 10^{-12})\pi(0.056)^2(750)}$ $k=4.6$
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