Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 22, Problem 30E
figure 22.23 shows some equipotentials in the x-y planer, (a) In what region is the electric field strongest? What are (b) the direction and (c) the magnitude of the field in this region?
FIGURE 22.23 Exercise 30
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