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An alpha particle, which has charge 3.20 ✕ 10−19 C, is moved from point A, where the electric potential is 3.00 ✕ 103 J/C, to point B, where the electric potential is 4.90 ✕ 103 J/C. Calculate the work in electron volts done by the electric field on the alpha particle.
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