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A proton and an electron are attracted towards each other .Will their P.E increase or decrease ?

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Well, these are two particles with mass and equal charge with different sign, and masses, so there are two types of potential energy,electric and gravitational.
You can field each potential, since each is inversely proportional to the distance between them, therefore as the distance decreases the potential increases.

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