Question: I have a capacitor. It is filled with an insulating material that has a dielectric constant. I connect it to a battery until the charge

I have a capacitor. It is filled with an insulating material that has a dielectric constant. I connect it to a battery until the charge on the capacitor reaches steady state, then disconnect the battery. Then I remove the dielectric material.

The charge on the capacitor after I take the dielectric out is (1) ["equal to", "the same as", "greater than"] the charge on the capacitor just before I took it out.

The potential difference across the capacitor after I take the dielectric out is (2) ["less than", "greater than", "the same as"] the potential difference across the capacitor just before I took it out.

The potential energy stored in the capacitor after I take the dielectric out is (3) ["greater than", "the same as", "less than"] the potential energy that was stored in the capacitor just before I took it out.

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