Identify the incorrect statement from the following:
1. | The equipotential surface created by a single-point charge is spherical. |
2. | Equipotential surfaces can also be constructed for a dipole. |
3. | Equipotential surfaces are always perpendicular to electric field lines. |
4. | The work done in moving a test charge along an equipotential surface is positive. |
1. | zero | 2. | \(\dfrac{-q^2}{4\pi\varepsilon_0d}\) |
3. | \(\dfrac{-q^2}{4\pi\varepsilon_0d}\Big(3-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\Big)\) | 4. | \(\dfrac{-q^2}{4\pi\varepsilon_0d}\Big(6-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\Big)\) |
1. | \(0.96\times10^{-16}~\text N\) | 2. | \(4.8\times10^{-16}~\text N\) |
3. | \(9.6\times10^{-16}~\text N\) | 4. | \(96\times10^{-16}~\text N\) |
1. | \(3~\text{V/m},\) directed along the positive \(x\text-\)axis |
2. | \(3~\text{V/m},\) directed along the negative \(x\text-\)axis |
3. | \(6~\text{V/m},\) directed along the positive \(x\text-\)axis |
4. | \(6~\text{V/m},\) directed along the negative \(x\text-\)axis |
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1. | \(9~{\mu \text{F}}\) | 2. | \(2~{\mu \text{F}}\) |
3. | \(3~{\mu \text{F}}\) | 4. | \(6~{\mu \text{F}}\) |