Physics: Principles with Applications
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Chapter 16, Problem 4MCQ
Figure 16—50 shows electric field lines due to a point charge. What can you say about the field at point 1 compared with the field at point 2?
a. The field at point 2 is larger, because point 2 is on a field line.
b. The field at point 1 is larger, because point 1 is not on a field line.
c. The field at point 1 is zero, because point 1 is not on a field line.
d The field at point 1 is larger, because the field lines are closer together in that region.
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