Saturday, December 29, 2018

homework and exercises - Work done by Electric Field vs work done by outside force


I'm confused as to the signage of the equation: W=qv, W=-U, W=-qv? When is work positive? When is it negative? Why is this different for the work done by the electric field vs the work done by an outside force? What is the relationship between electric potential energy and work?




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