Answer to Question #254504 in Electricity and Magnetism for shamsa

Question

4. Based on Coulomb’s law, when there is a strong attraction force between two particles, which of the following could be said about the magnitude and the sign of the potential energy?

 A. A small positive value

 B. A small negative value

 C. A large negative value

 D. A large positive value

Answer 1

The potential energy has a large negative value.