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At any point on a field line, the tangent gives what?
ADirection of the electric field
BMagnitude of the potential
CPath of a charge in every case
DDirection of the dipole moment
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Direction of the electric field
A field line is drawn so that its tangent at each point shows the direction of the field there.
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