You have a pair of horizontal parallel plates, with the positive plate above and the negative plate below. How will the lines of constant potential be arranged in this perspective?
A) Spherically, since all charges are either electrons or protons.
B) Horizontally.
C) Vertically.

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The lines of constant potential will be arranged horizontally because the electric field is perpendicular to the plates and the potential is constant along a horizontal plane between the two plates. Additionally, the charge distribution in this situation does not have spherical symmetry, so option A is incorrect. Option C is incorrect because the potential difference is parallel to the plates, so there is no vertical component to the potential.

You Have a Pair of Horizontal Parallel Plates, with the Positive