Answer: E/4 ( one - fourth of it electric field)
Explanation:
The electric field of a point charge is given below as
E =kq/r²
E = electric field,
K = electric constant
q = magnitude of electric charge
r = distance between point charge and electric field.
It can be seen that only E and r are the only variable here and also, E is inversely proportional to r²
Which implies that
E = k/r² , k = E × r²
E1 ×(r1)² = E2 × (r2)²
Let E1 = E, r1 =1, r2 = 2 and E2 =?
Let us substitute the parameters
E × 1 = E2 × 2²
E × 1 = E2 × 4
E = E2 × 4
E2 = E/4
Which implies that the electric field at the second distance (r =4) is one fourth of the initial electric field.
