A thin metal square has a hole punched through the middle of it as seen to the r

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A thin metal square has a hole punched through the middle of it as seen to the right. The metal square is neutral when it is placed between two large oppositely charged parallel plates and allowed to sit for a long time (aka the system reaches electrostatic equilibrium) Shown below is a image of the electric field lines after the system reaches equilibrium. However there are several mistakes on the image! Identify at least five different kinds of mistakes on the image above, note that if the same mistake occurs at two different locations, that only counts as one kind of mistake. Also clearly, yet briefly state (don't write a book) why each mistake is wrong. Note that while the sizes of arrows varies above, this has no meaning.

Explanation / Answer

1) electric field lines never bend or distract, they are always straight and are from a positive ion to a negitive one.

2) inside the conductor or metal, there will be no electric feild lines present as the metal conducts and no dielectric properties.

3) the electric feild inside the hole is not crossed but is linear and parallel to the original electric feild.

4)The electric feild doesnt fall normally onto the body as there is no perpendicular field lines.

5) the electric field inside the hole will be opposite to the original electric field

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