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Why are machines not a 100% efficient?

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Machines are not 100% efficient because of reliability. It could quit on you at any time no matter what the manufacturer might say.

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Two parallel conducting plates are separated by 9.2 cm, and one of them is taken to be at a potential of zero volts.What is the

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$E=54V/cm$

$\Delta V=496.8V$ between the plates.

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The equation for change of voltage between two points separated a distance d inside parallel conducting plates (<em>which have between them constant electric field</em>) is:

$\Delta V=Ed$

So to calculate our electric field strength we use the fact that the potential 8.8 cm from the zero volt plate is 475 V:

$E=\frac{\Delta V}{d}=\frac{475 V}{8.8cm}=54V/cm$

And we use the fact that the plates are 9.2cm apart to calculate the voltage between them:

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