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Describe schematically the equipotential surfaces corresponding to
(a) A constant electric field in the z-direction,
(b) A field that uniformly increases in magnitude but remains in a constant (say, z) direction,
(c) A single positive charge at the origin, and a uniform grid consisting of long equally spaced parallel charged wired in a plane.

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(a) Equally spaced x-y planes

(b) x – y planes getting closer and closer along the z-direction.

(c) Concentric spherical surface gradually increasing in spacing

(d) A periodically varying shape near the grid which gradually reaches the shape of the planes parallel to the grid at far distances.

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