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A positive charge is placed in an electric field that points west. What direction is the force on the positive particle? I think it is west right.

A positive charge is placed in an electric field that points west. What direction is the force on the positive particle? I think it is west right.
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A positive charge is placed in an electric field that points west. What direction is the force on the positive particle? I think it is west right.

User Matt Kagan
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Right. You are true. The direction of the electric field is defined to be
the direction of the force on a small positive charge placed in the field.
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