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Homework Statement
Hi, I have a question about my lab report that I am doing. The only question that I am having problems to understand is the first one, it says, "why are the equipotential lines near conductor surfaces parallel to the surface and why are they perpendicular to the insulator surface mapped?" I am including a picture of my lab. Now I am not sure if all of it is correct, but the equipotential lines are correct (the equipotential are for a 0 Volt reading and the power source was set to 4 volts, so it is a potential difference I assume. The table where the paper was placed also had resistors, but I am not sure what those are for since we haven't covered it yet in lecture). So I made an explanation about my question in the picture, but I am not sure if it is right. help!
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The Attempt at a Solution
my solution is on the image
https://postimg.org/image/yf66y9sqn/
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