Is Electrical Potential Energy a Vector or Scalar?

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Is electrical potential energy a vector or scalar?

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I think not because electrical potential energy that could be bestowed on one charge by another is determined by the magnitude of the charge and the distance between them and the direction doesn't matter. I am not certain though
 
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It is scalar...u r right, being a energy the direction doesn't matter. It can be incident in any direction in the universe.