Finding permittivity of acetate in a parallel plate capacitor

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Homework Statement


The question goes as follows: A simple capacitor consists of two square sheets of aluminium foil separated by a thin sheet of acetate. The foil is 31.6 cm on a side and the acetate is 0.5 cm thick, with a dielectric constant k= 3.4

What is the permittivity ε of the acetate sheet?

Homework Equations


q= CV C=kε(knot)A/d
 
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