The capacity of a parallel plate capacitor is $10\,\mu F$ without a dielectric. If a dielectric of constant $K = 2$ is used to fill half the distance between the plates,the new capacitance in $\mu F$ is:

  • A
    $10$
  • B
    $20$
  • C
    $15$
  • D
    $13.33$

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