Answer to Question #252746 in Electricity and Magnetism for Andu

Question

What is the direction of the electric field resulting in two point charges equal to + q and -q, creating at point C of the field, which is equidistant from both charges.

Answer 1

Let point C lay at the line that connects the charges. By convention, the electric field is directed from + charges, to - charges. Thus, both fields (produced by +q and -q) will point toward -q at C.

Answer. Toward -q.