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An electrostatic field line is a continuous curve. That is, a field line cannot have sudden breaks. Why not?

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An electrostatic field line represents the actual path travelled by a unit positive charge in an electric field. If the line have sudden breaks it means the unit positively test charge Jumps from one place to another which is not possible. It also means that electric field becomes zero suddenly at the breaks which is not possible. So, the field line cannot have any sudden breaks.
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