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Electric potential halfway between two equal but opposite charges

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I'm having a hard time understanding why the electric potential halfway between two equal but opposite charges is 0. If I put a positive charge halfway between a 5 mC charge and a -5 mC charge, it will accelerate toward the negative charge, but how can it do this if it starts with no potential energy?

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