The electric potential energy is directly proportional to product of charges, hence when the particle charge is reduced by a factor of 3, the electric potential energy will also be reduced by a factor of 3.
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Electric potential energy is the potential energy which is conservative to the respective coulomb forces between the two particle charges which are at a specified separation from each other.
Electric potential energy = [tex]\frac{k (q1 q2)}{r}[/tex]
Where the k is the electrostatic constant,
q1 is the first charge.
q2 is the second charge.
r is the distance between q1 and q2.
