Two large, flat, parallel metal plates are placed a few millimetres apart and…

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Two large, flat, parallel metal plates are placed a few millimetres apart and connected to a battery. Explain briefly why the electric field in the central region between the plates is taken to be uniform even though it is not so near the edges.

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