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Explain about the electric field.
Answer to Problem 1ASA
The area around a charge where its influence is experienced is called electric field.
Explanation of Solution
Electric field is the field that is produced by electric charges. The electric field lines model explains the nature of electric field. Electric field at each point around an electrical charge determines the amount of electric force experienced by a unit test charge if kept at that point.
When a charge concentrated nearly at a point, electric field is inversely related to the square of the radial distance away from the center of source charge and directly related to the amount of the charge.
The unit of electric field is N/C. The direction of force is along the direction of the force experienced by a positive charge.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the area around a charge where its influence is experienced is called electric field.
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