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AP Physics C: E&M
9.3 Conservation of Electric Energy
9.2 Electric Potential
9.1 Electric Potential Energy
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Equipotential lines and four designated particle trajectories in a plane.
Equipotential lines and four designated particle trajectories in a plane.
In a region of space, source charges produce a static electric potential field.

Four identical protons, each having initial kinetic energy \(K_0 = 100\text{ eV}\), travel along different paths between the initial and final electric potentials listed in the table, subject only to conservative electrostatic forces.

PathInitial Potential \(V_i\)Final Potential \(V_f\)Path Length
1\(+60\text{ V}\)\(+20\text{ V}\)\(0.10\text{ m}\)
2\(+60\text{ V}\)\(+20\text{ V}\)\(0.35\text{ m}\)
3\(+40\text{ V}\)\(-30\text{ V}\)\(0.20\text{ m}\)
4\(+30\text{ V}\)\(+10\text{ V}\)\(0.15\text{ m}\)

Which of the following correctly ranks the net change in kinetic energy \(\Delta K\) of the protons along the four paths?

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