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JessicaHelena
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Homework Statement
In the diagram, two small objects, each with a charge of -4.0nC, are held together by a 0.020 m length of insulating string. The objects are initially at rest on a horizontal, non conducting frictionless table & the effects of gravity on each other are negligible.
(b) Illustrate the electric fiel by drawing electric field lines for the two objects.
What I did and the solution are both attached. However, the problem is I don't understand why the solution has those curvy lines & they don't provide an explanation.
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I learned that electric field lines tend to go towards the negative objects and away from the positive objects. But I'm not sure if I've learned anything that helps me think of curvy electric fields...