What will happen to the electric force between two charges if their separation distance is halved? Select one: It will be doubled. It will increase four times. It will be halved also. It will decrease four times.

What will happen to the electric force between two charges if their separation distance is halved? Select one: It will be doubled. It will increase four times. It will be halved also. It will decrease four times.

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

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Chapter21: Electric Fields

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 88A

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It will increase four times.

It will be halved also.

It will decrease four times.

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