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Whether the movement of a proton is in the direction of increasing or decreasing electric potential.
The proton of an electrostatic potential energy is increasing or decreasing.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
The term electric potential energy is associated with the point charges in a system. The electrostatic potential energy and the electric potential energy have the minute difference of the time dependency electric field and the standard unit of an electric potential is Volt.
The proton is travelling to a region of higher electric potential to the region in space with lower electric potential because of the electric field, which points in the direction of the most active reduction in the potential.
Since the proton is a positively charged particle, there will be a increment in the electron’s electrostatic potential energy.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the movement of an electron is in the direction of decreasing electric potential and the electron of an electrostatic potential energy is increases.
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