How to draw electric field lines for a constant field direction

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hamza201195

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Jun 9, 2014

The electric field in some region is found to have a constant direction . What you coclude about the charge in the region...?? How can I draw the electric field lines..?? :/

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jedishrfu

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Jun 10, 2014

This article describes the lines with some examples that may help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_field

How to draw electric field lines for a constant field direction

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How to draw electric field lines for a constant field direction

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