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How do electric field lines indicate the strength of an electric field?

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How do electric field lines indicate the strength of an electric field?

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The electric field lines and the equipotential lines, which are mutually perpendicular to each other since, the equipotential lines are the contour lines of equal electric potential.

The electric field lines are directed towards lower potential for a positive charge and towards higher potential for a negative charge.

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