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What can be said about the electric field in a region where equipotential lines are densely packed?
How many electric field lines exist in the space between two charges?
A point object is placed in a uniform electric field that points East. What is the direction of force that the object experiences if it is
a) positively charged
b) negatively charged
c) uncharged
1)The electric field in a region where equipotential lines are densely packed will be very stronger. This is because the source of electric field that is the charge is near by and we know that the potential varies with the distance inversely and electric field varies with the square of distance, so if at a region where equipotential lines are dense, the field will be even more strengthful as the source of field is near by.
3)There is no specific number. Indeed it completely depends on the magnitude and the polarity of the charges. If both the charges are equal the field lines will be directed equally and symetrically for the arrangement. If the charges are unequal the filed lines will be more for the charge with higher magnitude and lesser for the one with lower magnitude.
3)The direction of electric force will be same as the direction of electric field.
a)East (b)East
c)Zero force, since F = qE
uncharges means, q = 0 hence zero force.