How do you work out the potential diffrance
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Answer:
Electric potential energy at the negative terminal:
Explanation:
When a particle with charge travels across a potential difference
, then its change in electric potential energy is
In this problem, we know that:
The particle is an electron, so its charge is
We also know that the positive terminal is at potential
While the negative terminal is at potential
Therefore, the potential difference (final minus initial) is
So, the change in potential energy of the electron is
This means that the electron when it is at the negative terminal has of energy more than when it is at the positive terminal.
Since the potential at the positive terminal is 0, this means that the electric potential energy of the electron at the negative end is