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If you could see the electric field coming off a proton you would notice that electric field lines are what?

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The electric field generated by a proton is a radial field, so we would see the field lines going radially from the proton toward every direction. I've attached a picture representing the electric field generated by a positive charge, such as a proton, and we can see the field lines going radially from the charge toward every direction. 
If you could see the electric field coming off a proton you would notice that electric-example-1
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