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18.4 Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

The direction of the electric field of a negative charge is

  1. inward for both positive and negative charges.
  2. outward for both positive and negative charges.
  3. inward for other positive charges and outward for other negative charges.
  4. outward for other positive charges and inward for other negative charges.

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 18.4 Electric Field: Concept of a Field Revisited, exercise 3

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