Given that the ratio of delta Q delta V is fixed when you c

Given that the ratio of delta Q / delta V is fixed, when you change the voltage where does the charge change come from? Note. Charge does not flow through a good dielectric i.e. there is no mass transport of coulombs.

Solution

Once a positive charge is put unto a conductor, this charge creates an electrical field, repelling any other positive charge to be moved onto the conductor; i.e., increasing the necessary voltage. But if nearby there is another conductor with a negative charge on it, the electrical field of the positive conductor repelling the second positive charge is weakened (the second positive charge also feels the attracting force of the negative charge). So due to the second conductor with a negative charge, it becomes easier to put a positive charge on the already positive charged first conductor, and vice versa; i.e., the necessary voltage is lowered.so the voltage changes causes the change of charge accumulation on the opposite conductor.

since q=cv so q is directly proportional to the v so as v changes q also changes this make the ratio fixed.