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Homework Statement
Consider Earth and a cloud layer 700m above Earth to be the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor. If the cloud layer has an area of 1.9 km^2, what is the capacitance?
Homework Equations
Q = CV
V = Ed
E = Q/epsiolon*A
The Attempt at a Solution
Solving for C gives us C=Q/V. Substituting Ed for V gives us C=Q/Ed. Substituting Q/epsilon*A gives us C = epsilon*A/d. Now I just plug in numbers and I should get the value for C, right? I'm putting in the values given but I am not getting the right answer...any suggestions? Thanks in advance to anyone who helps.