Why is electric field a vector?

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Fejd · Answer 1 · 2015-04-23T04:30:59+0000

Because it has a strength AND a direction.

Two separate charges that both cast their fields over the same place
can cancel each other out at that place if they're located just right.
You can't do that with scalars.

Why is electric field a vector?

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