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According to Coulomb's Law, how does distance affect the electric force?

A. The electric force only acts on objects that are in contact with
each other.
B. Only in charging by induction can the electric force act at a
distance.
C. Electric force gets stronger as charges get closer together and
gets weaker as charges move farther apart.
D. The electric force is zero if the objects are more than several
centimeters apart.

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User Renzo
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C is the correct answer
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User Nisharg Shah
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Answer:

C option is right.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to columb's law

F ∝ 1/r²

so as r means distance between charges decrease force F increase and vice versa.

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User TheB
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