Capacitor #1 has parallel plates of length L and width W, plate separation d, and is filled with dielectric with constant K.Capacitor #2 has parallel plates of length 2L and width 2W, plate separation 2d, and is filled with dielectric with constant 2k. If a voltage V is applied to capacitor #1 and a voltage 2V is applied to capacitor #2, which capacitor stores more energy and by what factor?
a. Capacitor #2 by a factor of 8
b. Capacitor #2 by a factor of 16
c. Capacitor #1 by a factor of 4
d. Both capacitors store the same energy.
A
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