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Energy Conservation

Similarities Between Activity of Gravitational and Electric Fields on an Object

Similarities Between Activity of Gravitational and Electric Fields on an Object

The charge, +q, is moved down the electric field in the same way that the object, m, is moved down the hill. In both instances, the particle in motion goes from a higher to a lower potential energy state.

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