Question

An electrically charged object creates an electric field. The electric potential due to this object:Group of answer choicesis a vector that points either towards or away from the object, depending on the sign of the chargeis a vector that makes circular paths around the objectis a non-negative scalaris a scalar but will be positive or negative depending on the sign of the charge

Answer 1

It's a scalar but will be positive or negative depending on the sign of the charge.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The electric potential, at a given point, can be defined as the work per unit charge needed to bring a positive test charge from infinity to this point.
• It's positive if the charge creating the potential is positive (because it's needed that an external force do work on the test charge against the electric field that repels the positive charge).
• It's negative if the charge creating the potential is negative, because in this case the field will attract the positive test charge.