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Which figure shows a correct pattern of electric field lines?

+ figure A figure B figure C figure D Which figure shows a correct pattern of electric-example-1
User Munhitsu
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Answer: figure A

Step-by-step explanation:
Electric field lines point away from positive charges (like charges repel) and towards negative charges (unlike charges attract). ... Field lines do not touch or cross each other. Field lines are drawn perpendicular to a charge or charged surface. The greater the magnitude of the charge, the stronger its electric field.

Figure B shows a positive charge but has a negative field line so that’s wrong.

Figure C shows a negative charge but has a positive field line so that’s wrong.

Figure D shows a negative charge but has no perpendicular field lines so that’s wrong.
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