A parallel plate capacitor is to be designed, using a dielectric of dielectric constant $5$, so as to have a dielectric strength of $10^9\;Vm^{-1}$ . If the voltage rating of the capacitor is $12\;kV$, the minimum area of each plate required to have a capacitance of $80\;pF$ is

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  • A

    $10.5 \times 10^{-6} \;m ^2$

  • B

    $25.0 \times 10^{-5}\; m ^2$

  • C

    $12.5 \times 10^{-5}\; m ^2$

  • D

    $21.7 \times 10^{-6} \;m ^2$

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