Question

According to superposition of electric fields, the electric field of any combination of charges is the ______.

Options

• cross product of the individual fields

• scalar sum of the fields caused by the individual charges

• vector sum of the individual charges

• vector sum of the fields caused by the individual charges

Answer 1

According to superposition of electric fields, the electric field of any combination of charges is the vector sum of the fields caused by the individual charges.

Explanation:

When many electric fields are functioning on a single charge, the vector sum of all electric field intensities gives the overall electric field intensity on that charge `vec"E" = vec"E"_1 + vec"E"_2 + vec"E"_3 + ....`