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abrowaqas
Jul10-10, 04:01 AM
Why do we take a point charge always while estimating the electric field intensity of a system of charge? as in Coulomb's and Gauss's Law etc.

graphene
Jul10-10, 04:04 AM
That is how electric field is defined.
The electric field of a system of charges at some point is the force that would be exerted on a unit positive (point) charge at that point.

Ali Inam
Jul10-10, 05:16 AM
As we can have many different types of surfaces, therefore we consider a point charge in our most examples. Because, this is what we say in Electric field, we consider one part of it while defining it