A negative charge is placed at and a positive charge is situated at point B . A given charge $+q$ is

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A negative charge is placed at and a positive charge is situated at point B . A given charge $+q$ is carried once from A to B along path no. 1 and then along path no. 2 (see figure)\ \

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$$ \begin{aligned} & \left(\mathrm{w}_{\mathrm{AB}}ight)_{	ext {Path1 }}=\left(\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{B}}-\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{A}}ight) \mathrm{q} \ & \left(\mathrm{w}_{\mathrm{AB}}ight)_{	ext {Path2 }}=\left(\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{B}}-\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{A}}ight) \mathrm{q} \ & \left(\mathrm{w}_{\mathrm{AB}}ight)_{	ext {Path1 }}=\left(\mathrm{w}_{\mathrm{AB}}ight)_{	ext {Path2 }} \end{aligned} $$