A parallel plate air capacitor has a capacitance C. When it is half filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant 5, the percentage increase in the capacitance will be
$C_1 = { A \varepsilon_0 \over d/10 } $ $C_2 = { A \varepsilon_0 \over d/2 } \Rightarrow C_5 = { 5C \over 3 } $ $ \therefore Percentage increase in capacitance = { C_5 - C \over C } \times 100 \% $