Why is electric potential zero at infinity?

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potential, is proportional to 1/r² so no matter how far you are from the field there is still some influence from it which decreases exponentially with the distance (radius).

The electric potential is taken from infinity as the only time the fraction 1/x is zero is when x equals ∞, as the fraction tends towards zero and the denominator tends towards infinity

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