A thin metal plate $P$ is inserted half way between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor of capacitance $C$ in such a way that it is parallel to the two plates. The capacitance now becomes
  • A$C$
  • B$C/2$
  • C$4C$
  • D
    None of these
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