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if the capacitor plates are of different sizes and it is connected to battery, will even then the two plates get charges of exactly the same magnitude?
Do Different Sized Capacitor Plates Hold the Same Charge?
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Yes. If the capacitor starts out with zero total chare, it must remain with zero total charge.
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