is the electric field between two like sign electric charges always stronger than it would be if one of th two

Question

is the electric field between two like sign electric charges always stronger than it would be if one of the two charges is removed? why or why not?

Answer 1

The electric field between two like-sign charges is always weaker than that from a single charge. The fields between the charges oppose each other, and depending on the charge magnitudes, there is a point between the charges that the field is zero.