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Grade 12th passGeneral Physics

I READ AND STUDY THAT ABSOLUTE POTENTIAL IS NOT DEFINED, THEIR IS ALWAYS P.D IS DEFINED.
THEN HOW ONE CAN DEFINE ABSOLUTE POTENTIAL FOR INFINITY THAT IS U-INFINITY IS ZERO.

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10 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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10 Years ago
To understand the concept of potential, we conventially take the potential to be zero. So the potential difference of the given point w.r.t to infinity is taken as the absolute potential of that point.