How Can the Electric Field Be Constant in a Parallel Plate Capacitor?

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Alright this has been tickling me for the past couple of days.

First, I know that the E under an infinite sheet of charge is:

[tex] E = \frac{p_s}{\epsilon_0}\hat{z}[/tex]
 
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