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Noting that the horizontal broken line is a bisector, what is the direction of the net electric field at Point P in the figure below? +Q •P A. Upward. B. Downward. C. Leftward.

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Noting that the horizontal broken
line is a bisector, what is the
direction of the net electric field at
Point P in the figure below?
+Q
•P
A. Upward.
B. Downward.
C. Leftward.
D. Rightward.
E.
Diagonally upward.

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