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What are electric line of forces and its properties?


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Electric line of forces:

  1. An electric line of force is a smooth curve drawn in an electric field.
  2. The tangent at any point on the curve indicates the direction of the electric field at that point.

Properties of the electric line of forces:

  1. Force lines are continuous curves.
  2. It begins with a positive charge and ends with a negative charge.
  3. It never intersects with each other.

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