Suppose the two capacitors in Figure 26.8 are each connected to a 9-V battery.

(a) Which of the two capacitors stores the greater amount of charge?

(b) If, instead of the separation distance increasing, the area of the plates of the capacitor is halved and then the capacitor is connected to a \(9-\mathrm{V}\) battery, does the capacitor store more charge, less charge, or the same amount of charge as before the area of the plates was halved?

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Figure 26.8 Doubling the plate separation distance of a parallel-plate capacitor. +9 +9 -9 -9 Doubling plate separation does not change magnitude of electric field.