Electric potential is directly related to work and potential energy in an electric field. Potential energy is defined as the negative of the work done by the electric field on a charged particle when it moves between two points. In a scenario involving a positively charged source and a positively charged particle, as the particle moves away from the source, its potential energy decreases while its kinetic energy increases, maintaining the total energy constant. This relationship highlights the conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy as the particle accelerates away from the source.
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