What is the direction of the electric field at a point directly to the left of a positive charge, q?

The direction of an electric field at any point is the direction that a
small positive charge would want to move if it were located there.

We know that like charges repel.  So the electric field around a
positive charge always points away from it.

The electric field at a point to the left of the positive charge Q
points away from Q, toward the left.  A small positive charge
located there would want to get farther away from Q, and it
would try to move farther left. 

The answer is b.the gaseous state is electrically positive, while the plasma state is electrically negative. 

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