The electric field is radially outward from a positive charge and radially in toward a negative point charge. why?
Answers
Answered by
3
The direction of electric fields is defined as the direction in which a positive test charge would move if it was put in the field. The test charge has to be infinitely small, to prevent its charge from influencing the field. If you dropped a positive test charge near a negative charge, the test charge would be attracted towards the negative charge. So, for a single, negative charge we draw our electric field arrows pointing inward at all directions. That same test charge dropped near another positive charge would result in an outward repulsion, which means we draw arrows going out of the positive charge.
source:sparkfun
Answered by
0
No , your question is wrong it is actually quit opposite.
Similar questions