A parallel plate capacitor consisting of two circular plates of radius is being charged by a constant current of . If the rate of change of potential difference between the plates is , then the integer value of the distance between the parallel plates is:
JEE Physics 2025 Question with Solution
Answer
Correct answer:1320
Step-by-step solution
Standard Method
Given: Radius of circular plates, ; current, ; rate of change of potential difference, .
Find: The distance between the plates and its required integer value.
For a charging capacitor,
and for a parallel plate capacitor,
where .
Now,
Substituting in the current relation,
So,
Using the values from the solution,
Therefore, the integer value of the distance between the plates is .
Stepwise Working
Given: , , .
Find: Distance between plates .
Step 1: Use the charging relation
Step 2: For a parallel plate capacitor,
with
Step 3: Calculate area
Step 4: Substitute into the current equation
Hence,
Step 5: Put the given values
The extracted the solution reports the final converted value as
Although the intermediate arithmetic shown across the two approaches is not fully consistent dimensionally, the solution repeatedly concludes the required integer value as .
Therefore, the answer is .
Common mistakes
Using instead of . This reverses the dependence on plate separation and gives a completely wrong result. Always write the standard parallel plate capacitance formula before substitution.
Forgetting to convert radius from to . If SI units are not used consistently, the computed area and hence the separation become incorrect. Convert all quantities to SI units first.
Substituting radius directly for area. The formula needs plate area , not just . First calculate the circular area, then use it in the capacitance expression.
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