Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 20 - Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 721: 71

Answer

Decreasing electric potential.

Work Step by Step

We know that a proton, being a positive charge, moves in the direction of the electric field. The proton experiences a decreasing potential as the electric field is directed towards a decreasing electric potentia,l i.e from positive to negative terminal.
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