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Date May 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18M.2.HL.TZ1.7b
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
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18M.2.HL.TZ1.7b

A capacitor consists of two parallel square plates separated by a vacuum. The plates are 2.5 cm × 2.5 cm squares. The capacitance of the capacitor is 4.3 pF. 

(b)

The capacitor is connected to a 16 V cell as shown.

                                            M18/4/PHYSI/HP2/ENG/TZ1/07.b

Calculate the magnitude and the sign of the charge on plate A when the capacitor is fully charged.

[2]

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6.9 × 10–11 «C»

negative charge/sign

[2 marks]

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