Which way does the field point?
Exercise and reference answers
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- Item
- Field of a positive point charge
- Category
- Radially outwards
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- Away from the source charge
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- Radially outwards
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- Field of a negative point charge
- Category
- Radially inwards
- Item
- Toward the source charge
- Category
- Radially inwards
- Categories
- Item
- Radially outwards
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- Radially inwards
Explanation
Radially outwards from a positive charge, radially inwards toward a negative one. Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 1 Electric Charges and Fields.