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Explain why equipotential surfaces are always perpendicular to the electric field lines. Do equipotential surfaces ever intersect?

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Explain why equipotential surfaces are always perpendicular tothe electric field lines. Do equipotential surfaces everintersect?

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For a point charge electric field lines are radially outward or inward depending upon the nature of the charge Equipotential surface passing through a point is normal to electric field    See Answer
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