Physics · 2024
JEE Main · 9 April 2024, Shift 1 · Q40
A capacitor is made of a flat plate of area A and a second plate having a stair-like structure as shown in figure. If the area of each stair is A/3…
A capacitor is made of a flat plate of area A and a second plate having a stair-like structure as shown in figure. If the area of each stair is $\displaystyle \frac{\mathrm{A}}{3}$ and the height is d , the capacitance of the arrangement is :

Official answer
From NTA’s final answer key for this paper.
(1)
$\displaystyle \frac{11 \epsilon_{\mathrm{o}} \mathrm{~A}}{18 \mathrm{~d}}$
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