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Why no two electric lines of force can interscet each other ?

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We know from definition of electric line of force that it is a line, straight or curved, the tangent to any point of which gives the direction of electric intensity at that point.

If two lines cut each other, there would have been two directions of electric intensity at the point of intersection i.e. unit positive test charge will move along two directions at the same time which is impossible.
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