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Posted by Sandhya on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:08am.

The change in electrostatic potential energy at a point when an electron is brought from infinity to that point is deltaE.What is the change in electrostatic potential energy if the electron is moved through a distance d from this point?

physics - drwls, Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:14am
That depends upon the direction that the electron is moved. You also need to define the location of equipotential lines.

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