Statement 1: A capacitor is filled successively with conducting and dielectric sheets of equal thickness t

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Statement 1: A capacitor is filled successively with conducting and dielectric sheets of equal thickness t<d, giving capacitances C₁ and C₂, and C₁<C₂. Statement 2: A metal sheet produces a larger capacitance effect than a dielectric sheet because an ideal conductor behaves as a medium of effectively infinite dielectric response compared with an ordinary dielectric. Choose the correct option.

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G1 Physics · Accepted Answer

A conducting slab behaves like K→∞ and removes its thickness from the effective electrostatic separation, producing more capacitance than any finite-K dielectric slab of the same thickness. Thus both statements are true and Statement 2 explains Statement 1. Correct answer: A.