QUESTION 8 What is the shape of the equipotential curves in the plane of a positive point charge? a. Parallel lines everywhere b. Pepincular lines everywhere O c. Circles that are concentric to the location of the point charge. Lines that radiate inward from all directions toward the point charge e. Lines that radiate outward in all directions from the point charge

QUESTION 8 What is the shape of the equipotential curves in the plane of a positive point charge? a. Parallel lines everywhere b. Pepincular lines everywhere O c. Circles that are concentric to the location of the point charge. Lines that radiate inward from all directions toward the point charge e. Lines that radiate outward in all directions from the point charge

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