Why are electric field lines perpendicular at a point on the equipotential surfaces?

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Uragiristereo · Answer 1 · 2024-10-23T16:34:39+0000

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This is because if the electric field is not perpendicular to the equipotential surface there would have existed some nonzero component along the surface.

Why are electric field lines perpendicular at a point on the equipotential surfaces?

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