To review relationships among electric potential, electric potential energy, and

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To review relationships among electric potential, electric potential energy, and force on a test charge

This problem is a review of the relationship between an electric field E? , its associated electric potential V, the electric potential energy U, and the direction of force on a test charge.

Part A

Electric field lines always begin at _______ charges (or at infinity) and end at _______ charges (or at infinity). One could also say that the lines we use to represent an electric field indicate the direction in which a _______ test charge would initially move when released from rest. Which of the following fills in the three missing words correctly?

(positive; negative; negative)__
(positive; negative; positive)__
(negative; positive; negative)__
(negative; positive; positive)__

Explanation / Answer

(positive; negative; positive)

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