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Choose the INCORRECT statement about electric potential.
APotential is a scalar quantity
BPotential due to a point charge can be negative
CPotential satisfies the superposition principle
DPotential at a point uniquely determines the electric field at every other point in space
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Potential at a point uniquely determines the electric field at every other point in space
V at one point does not determine E elsewhere — E depends on the local gradient of V (and globally on the charge distribution). The other three statements are correct.
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