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> A parallele plate capacitor is placed in a dielectric liquid such that one of the plates is inside the liquid and the other is outside. Then the plates are connected to a battery which supplies the upper plate a charge of magnitude $Q$. Find the charge in the lower plate.
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Answer given is $-Q/k$

My doubt is if the plates were connected to a battery and charged then why is there a different charge in lower plate in magnitude?