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Electric dipole
Question

Statement I: On going away from a point charge or a small electric dipole, electric field decreases at the same rate in both the cases.
Statement II: Electric field is inversely proportional to square of distance from a charge or an electric dipole.

Moderate
Solution

The rate of decrease of electric field is different in the two cases. In case of a point charge, it decreases as 1/r2 but in the case of electric dipole it decreases more rapidly as 1 / r3.

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