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Two charges `2muC and -2muC` are placed at points A and B 6 cm apart.
(a) Identify an equipotenital surface of the system.
(b) What is the direction of the electric field at every point on this surface ?

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(a) The plane normal to AB and passing through its middle point has zero potential everywhere.
(b) The direction of electric field at every point on this surface is along normal to the plane in the direction AB.
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