A charged particle is free to move in an electric field. Will it always move along an electric line of force?
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The charged particle will move along electric line of force always as the force is exerted along the same.
Given data suggest that there is a charged particle which is in electric field with free mobility. The electric field exerts a force on any charge present in its electric field and so does here, the charged particle present in the electric field will experience an electrostatic force exerted by the electric field on it.
This is given, F = qE where F is the force and q is the charge and E is the electric field. Here F and E are vector quantity and thus have direction. The force acts in the same direction so as the electric field which is known as electric line of force. The charged particle will move along electric line of force always as the force is exerted along the same.