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Electric Field Strength with Distance
The charged metal dome creates an electric field.
How does the electric field strength vary as the distance from the charged metal dome increases?
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- 1 States that electric field strength decreases as distance increases.
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The electric field strength decreases as the distance from the dome increases.
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The field stays the same because the dome charge is unchanged.
The source charge can stay unchanged while field strength varies with position; increasing distance makes the field weaker.