Question

can a gravitational field be added vectorially to an electric field to get a total field?

Answer 1

I don't think this is possible, because gravitational and electric fields have different dimensions and so you cannot perform operations as addition or subtraction vectorially as it would make no sense. However, you can add the gravitational and electric FORCES to get a net force on a particle..

Answer 2

Answer:

Here's The Answer:

Explanation:

No, gravitational field cannot be added vectorially to an electric field to get a total field. This is because Electric field comprises of influence due to electric charges whereas gravitational field comprises of influence due to masses of the bodies and thus, electric field and gravitational field have different dimensions. We can obtain net Force by adding Gravitational force and electric force.

Hence, gravitational field cannot be added to electric field vectorially.