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There is an air filled 1 pF parallel plate capacitor. When the plate separation is doubled and the space is filled with wax, the capacitance increases to 2 pF. The dielectric constant of wax is 

a
2
b
4
c
6
d
8

detailed solution

Correct option is B

C=ε0Ad=1pF and C′=Kε0A2d=2pF ∴K=4

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