Rankers Physics
Topic: Electrostatics
Subtopic: Electric Field Lines

The figure shows the electric field lines in the vicinity of two point charges . Which one of the following statements concerning this situation is true ? Image related to
q1 is negative and q2 is positive
The magnitude of the ratio (q2/q1) is less than one
Both q1 and q2 have the same sign of charge
The electric field is strongest midway between the charges .

Solution:

Number of electric field lines coming out of a charge represents magnitude of charge. Here number of field line coming out of q1 is more than that of q2 so, |q2/q1 |<1.

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