Question

A charged particle decelerates as it moves from location a to location b. if va = 160 v and vb = 100 v, what is the sign of the charged particle?

Answer 1

The sign of the charged particle is positively charged.

What is potential difference?

• When a single charge is transported in an electric field, work is done by the potential difference (also known as electrical potential).
• There is potential energy stored in this charge that could flow when work is done on it.
• Voltage is the possibility of a single charge flowing. The need to flow increases with voltage.
• Here, voltage can be the potential differences.

The potential difference between the 2 points determines the movement of that particle. An electron moves from lower to higher potential which is negatively charged, and a positively charged particle moves  from higher to lower potential.

Now, since the particle is moving from a point A having 160 v potential to point B having 100 v potential that is it is moving from higher potential to a lower potential therefore the particle will be a positively charged one.

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