Electrostatics-surface of conductor is equipotential surface

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True or false:

(a) If the electric field is zero in some region of space, the electric potential must also be zero in that region.

    true
    false

(b) If the electric potential is zero in some region of space, the electric field must also be zero in that region.

    true
    false

(c) If the electric potential is zero at a point, the electric field must also be zero at that point.

    true
    false

(d) Electric field lines always point toward regions of lower potential.

    true
    false

(e) The value of the electric potential can be chosen to be zero at any convenient point.

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    false

(f) In electrostatics, the surface of a conductor is an equipotential surface.

    true
    false

(g) Dielectric breakdown occurs in air when the potential is 3 times 10⁶ V.

    true
    false

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