Electric Field Strength Question

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I already posted this, but it was on the wrong section.
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This is from the 2009 HSC exam. (I'm in Australia)
I checked the answers and found that electric field strength was
E = 100/0.10 = 1000V/m
My question is, what would the electric field strength be if the positively charged plate was +100V instead of 0V
Would it be 200/0.1 = 2000V/m?
Is the formula E = The difference in volts between the two plates / distance.
A person replied and said the two answer are correct

But another question came up to my mind
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/physics/phys03/aparplate/plate3.gif
In this gif where
E = V/d
Shouldn't it be E = 2V/d
as there is voltage going to the positive and negatively charged plate for example
if the battery has 10V
The negatively charged would be -10V and the positively charge would be 10V
Then E = 20/d
 
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123ryoma12 said:
as there is voltage going to the positive and negatively charged plate for example
if the battery has 10V
The negatively charged would be -10V and the positively charge would be 10V
Then E = 20/d
If the battery is 10V then it creates a 10V difference. If you want to think of the two voltages as 0 and 10, or -10 and 0, or -5 and +5, it's up to you. They are all equivalent. But it is not -10 and +10 since that would be a 20V difference.
 

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