The space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is halved and a dielectric medium of relative permittivity $10$ is introduced between the plates. The ratio of the final and initial capacitances of the capacitor is

  • A
    $20$
  • B
    $10$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{10}$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{20}$

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