A parallel plate capacitor with air as the dielectric has capacitance C. A slab of dielectric constant K and having the same thickness as the separation between the plates is introduced so as to fill one-fourth of the capacitor as shown in the figure. The new capacitance will be
A
B
C
D
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A
The two condensers with K and with air are in parallel. With air, 
With medium, 
or 
or 
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