In one design of capacitor thin sheets ot metal of area $80\  mm \times 80\  mm$ sandwich between them a piece of paper whose thickness is $40\ μm$. The relative permittivity of the paper is $4.0$ and its dielectric strength is $20\ MVm^{-1}$. Calculate the maximum charge that can be put on the capacitor

[permittivity of free space $ = 9 \times 10^{-12}\  Fm^{-1}$]

  • A$4.6\  μC$
  • B$7.3\  μC$
  • C$2.8\  mC$
  • D$5.9\  mC$
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