Tutorials in Introductory Physics
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 2eT
The diagram at right shows a two-dimensional top view of the electric field lines representing the electric field for a positively charged rod.
You determined previously that the magnitude of the electric field at point A was larger than field at point B. What feature of the electric field lines reflects at point B. What feature of the electric field lines reflects this information about the magnitude of the field?
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