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If you put in 10 J of work to push 1 c of charge against and electric field what will be its voltage with respect to its starting position?when released, what will be it’s kinetic energy if it flies past it’s starting position?

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Step-by-step explanation:

A one volt change in potential means that the potential electrostatic energy changes by one Joule per Coulomb.

Since you would be pushing the charge against the field, and expend 10 J, the voltage would be 10 Volts higher.

That 10 J will be converted to kinetic energy if the charge flies back to the starting position without friction.

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