A capacitor has two metal plates separated by an insulator. The capacitor is charged up by placing electrons on one plate and inducing positive charges on the other. Explain why the capacitor has potential energy and what happens when a conductor connects the two plates.

Employer informs its employees that it will hold a substantial cash prize drawing for each work group at the end of each month in which no employee in the work group sustains a lost-time injury. tyra reports an injury that she sustained while operating a mechanical power press. tyra did not violate any employer safety rules when she sustained her injury. tyra’s injury requires her to miss work for two days. her employer cancels the cash prize drawing for that month for tyra’s work group because of tyra’s lost-time injury. did the employer misuse an incentive program to retaliate against tyra?