Why are the equipotential lines for a point charge (figure 23.23a) not equally s

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Why are the equipotential lines for a point charge (figure 23.23a) not equally spaced?

23.23 Cross sections of equipotential surfaces (blue lines) and electric field for assemblies of point charges. There are equal potential differences betwee Compare these diagrams to those in Fig. 21.28, which showed only the elect CHAPTER 23 Electric Potential 770 (b) An electric dipole (a) A single positive charge V30 V V +30 V V +50 V V-50V V 70V V +70 V Electric field lines V +70 V Cross sections o Figure 23.23 shows three plane of the charges are repr equipotential surfaces with th are shown as blue lines. The ac At each crossing of an equipote In Fig. 23.23 we hav dra differences

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Equipotential surface should be perpendicular to electric field lines .to meet this condition they may not be equallyspaced .

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