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प्रश्न
Draw a sketch of equipotential surfaces due to a single charge (-q), depicting the electric field lines due to the charge
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उत्तर
Equipotential surface for a negative charge:

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The diagrams below show regions of equipotentials.
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A positive charge is moved from A to B in each diagram.
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- for any x for a given z.
- for any y for a given z.
- on the x-y plane for a given z.
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