Question: A variable capacitor with a range from 1 0 pF ( C 1 0 ) to 3 6 5 pF ( C 3 6 5

A variable capacitor with a range from 10 pF (C10) to 365 pF (C365) is used with a coil to tune the input to an AM radio. (a) What ratio of maximum to minimum frequencies may be tuned with such a capacitor? (b) If this capacitor is to tune from 0.54 MHz to 1.6 MHz, the ratio computed in (a) is too large. By adding a (padding) a capacitor (C) in parallel to the variable capacitor this range may be adjusted. How large should this capacitor be and (c) what inductance L should be chosen in order to tune the desired range of frequencies?

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