POTENTIAL ENERGY IN AN EXTERNAL FILED
Electrostatic Potentials and Capacitance

272254 An electric dipole of moment \(\vec{p}\) is placed normal to the lines of force of electric intensity \(\vec{E}\), then the work done in deflecting it through an angle of \(180^{\circ}\) is

1 \(p E\)
2 \(+2 p E\)
3 \(-2 p E\)
4 zero