Increasing the separation of the two charged parallel plates of a capacitor,which are disconnected from a battery,will produce what effect on the capacitor?
A)increase charge
B)decrease charge
C)increase capacitance
D)decrease capacitance

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Increasing the separation of the plates of a capacitor will increase the distance between them and thus decrease the capacitance. The capacitance of a capacitor is directly proportional to the area of its plates and inversely proportional to the distance between them. Therefore, increasing the distance between the plates will decrease the capacitance. The charge on the plates will remain the same as the capacitor is disconnected from the battery.

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