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Hi I have a question about electric potential! Since the negative sign isn't used in U=qV, and a-b is used for subscripts, then that takes care of the negative. But what about using U=-qV? An online lecturer uses U=-qV, while my textbook uses U=qV and then uses -qV to explain the force used to move a charge AGAINST the electric field. I'm wondering if qV or -qV is convention, because -qV is easier for me to understand conceptually but I lose the negative sign sometimes during problems...
Thank you!
Thank you!