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  • Which one of the following statements best explains why it is possible to define an electrostatic potential in a region of space that contains an electrostatic field?

    A
    Work must be done to bring two positive charges closer together
    B
    Like charges repel one another and unlike charges attract one another
    C
    A positive charge will gain kinetic energy as it approaches a negative charge
    D
    The work required to bring two charges together is independent of the path taken

  • In bringing an electron towards another electron, the electrostatic potential energy of the system

    A
    remains same
    B
    becomes zero
    C
    increases
    D
    decreases

  • In bringing an electron towards another electron, the electrostatic potential energy of the system

    A
    decreases
    B
    increases
    C
    remains same
    D
    becomes zero

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