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What is the attenuation in the medium over [n] wavelengths (where the attenuation over one wavelength is the product of α times λ where λ is the wavelength in the dielectric medium) for a uniform plane traveling in the medium?  Express your answer in positive dBs to one place after the decimal.

Imagine that this material is placed between two perfectly conducting square metallic plates with area of 100 mm2 and separation of 0.5 mm.  What is the capacitance of this structure?  Type your answer in pico-farads to two places after the decimal.

Which of the following circuit topologies could produce the given value of admittance?  Select all the circuits that could do so.

The following information pertains to this question and the subsequent three questions.  Consider a non-magnetic dielectric material with a dielectric constant of 2.5 and a dissipation factor of 0.005.   What is the phase constant (β) for a uniform plane wave traveling in the medium?  Assume frequency of [f] GHz.   Type your answer in radians per meter to one place after the decimal.  Use 

The following information applies to this question and the next one. A certain lumped circuit element has an admittance given by

For the parallel plate capacitor described in the previous question, the equivalent circuit will include a resistor in parallel with the capacitance due to the loss tangent of the material.  At a frequency of [f] GHz, what is the value of this resistance?  Type your answer in ohms to the nearest ohm.

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