The electrostatic force between the metal plates of an isolated parallel plate capacitor C having a charge Q and area A, is

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Independent of the distance between the plates

Linearly proportional to the distance between the plates

Proportional to the square root of the distance between the plates

Inversely proportional to the distance between the plates

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

For isolated capacitor, charge Q = constant.∴ Electrostatic force, Fplate =Q22Aε0F is independent of the distance between plates.

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