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Two charges attract with force F in vacuum. When the same charges are placed in a medium of dielectric constant 2 at the same separation, the force becomes:

Answer: half.

  • A half
  • B double
  • C quarter
  • D unchanged

Correct answer: A. half

Explanation: Force in a medium = F/K = F/2, so it becomes half.

Field Lines: Single Charge vs Electric Dipole+isolated +charge: lines radiate outward, all directions+dipole: lines curve from + to − (denser between them)

Field lines always point from positive to negative charge, are denser where the field is stronger, and never cross; an isolated positive charge has lines radiating symmetrically outward, while a dipole's lines curve from the positive to the negative charge.

Concept context

Coulomb's law, electric field, potential, capacitors, Gauss's law.

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