The plates of a parallel-plate capacitor are maintained with constant potential by a battery as they are pulled apart. During this process, the amount of charge on the plates

A) must increase.
B) must decrease.
C) must remain constant.
D) could either increase or decrease. There is no way to tell from the information given.


B

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a. always point in the same direction b. always point opposite to each other c. sometimes point in the same direction, and other times point opposite to each other d. depend on the way the ball is thrown e. depend on the mass of the ball

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