Electrostatics Question 3
Physlet Problem Description
Click on an answer to display an electric field plot in the right hand
panel. The arrows in the field plot represent the direction and the
colors represent the magnitude of the electric field. You can click-drag
in the left hand display to measure the potential.
Question
Which field plot best corresponds to the potential plot on the left hand
side?
Hint
Identify regions were the field is uniform. Does the potential decrease
if you follow the direction vectors in this region?
Reference
See Giancoli 17-3.
Credits
Answer
Field A