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Would electrons move from higher potentials to lower potentials or vice-versa?

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Since electrons are negative they should be repelled by the negative charge and attracted by the positive charge, that is, in an electric field the electrons must move from regions of low potential (negative charge) to the regions with high potential (positive charge) by the action of the electrical forces.
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