alleryThe dipole fields fail to cancel because the charges are:
ANeutralised
BCombined
CSeparated
DIdentical
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Separated
1. If both charges sat at the same point they would cancel.
2. In a dipole they are held some distance apart.
3. So their fields do not exactly cancel out.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Chapter 1, Electric Charges and Fields._
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