A particle with a charge of 5.5 *10^-8C charge is fixed at the origin.A particle with a charge of-2.3 * 10^-8C charge is moved from x = 3.5 cm on the x axis to y = 3.5 cm on the y axis.The change in the potential energy of the two-charge system is:

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The change in potential energy in an electrostatic system depends on the distance between the charges. Moving a charge in a perpendicular direction from one axis to another at equal distances from the origin does not change the overall distance between the two charges. Since the distance remains the same, there is no change in potential energy.

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