Explanation The potential is the amount of work required to change the position of one unit charge from reference point to some particular point. The potential energy is described as the amount of energy acquires by a system due to position of system relative to other. It is relative quantity. The dimension of potential and potential energy is different. [ M 1 L 2 T − 2 ] is the dimensional formula of potential energy and

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