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(a) An electrostaic field line is a cont...

(a) An electrostaic field line is a continous curve. That is a field line cannot have sudden breaks. Why not ?
(b) explain why two filed lines never cross each other at any point.

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In an electrostaic field, a charge experiences a continuous force and it moves continuosly. As the charge does not jump from one point to another, the field line cannot have sudden breaks.
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