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II. Short Answer Questions · Q13

Q.Give the relation between electric field and electric potential.

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Step 1. Equating the small work dW=−E dxdW=-E\,dx done moving a unit positive charge a distance dxdx against the field to the resulting small change in potential dVdV gives E=−dV/dxE=-dV/dx.

Step 2. In three dimensions this generalises to E⃗=−(∂V∂xi^+∂V∂yj^+∂V∂zk^)\vec{E}=-\left(\dfrac{\partial V}{\partial x}\hat{i}+\dfrac{\partial V}{\partial y}\hat{j}+\dfrac{\partial V}{\partial z}\hat{k}\right) -- the field points in the direction of steepest decr …

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