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Describe how electric potential energy, kinetic energy, and work change when two charges of opposite sign are placed near each other.
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Describe how electric potential energy, kinetic energy, and work change when two charges of opposite sign are placed near each other.

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As opposites attract, q is pulled to Q. And that force from Q is working on q, force over distance. Which means the potential energy q started with is being converted into kinetic energy. q is accelerating and picking up speed.

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