Two large parallel plates are separated by a 0.015-m gap. The plates are connected to the terminals of a 12-V battery, which remains connected. (a) What is the strength of the electric field in the region between the plates? (b) What happens to the strength of the electric field if the gap between the plates is reduced to 0.010 m? Justify your answer. (c) Does charge flow through the battery as the separation between the plate is being reduced? Explain your answer.

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Two large parallel plates are separated by a 0.015-m gap. The plates are connected to the terminals of a 12-V battery, which remains connected. (a) What is the strength of the electric field in the region between the plates? (b) What happens to the strength of the electric field if the gap between the plates is reduced to 0.010 m? Justify your answer. (c) Does charge flow through the battery as the separation between the plate is being reduced? Explain your answer.

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