A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking $n$ equally spaced plates connected alternately. If the capacitance between any two plates is $C$ then the resultant capacitance is
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(c) The given arrangement becomes an arrangement of $(n - 1)$ capacitors connected in parallel. So ${C_R} = (n - 1)C$
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