The distance between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is $d$. A metal plate of thickness $d/2$ is placed between the plates. The capacitance would then be
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(d) $C = \frac{{{\varepsilon _0}A}}{{d - (d/2)}} = 2\frac{{{\varepsilon _0}A}}{d}$
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