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A test charge of + 4 μC is at a field-point P where the electric field E due to other charges is directed to the right and has a magnitude ∣E∣ = 4 x 106 N/C. If the test charge is replaced with a charge of - 4 μC, the electric field at P gets modified to E' as :
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