Half of the space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is filled with a medium of dielectric constant $K$ parallel to the plates. If the initial capacitance is $C$,then the new capacitance will be:

  • A
    $2KC/(1+K)$
  • B
    $C(K+1)/2$
  • C
    $CK/(1+K)$
  • D
    $KC$

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