Question

1. How would increasing the magnitude of the charges on two charged particles and decreasing the distance between the particles affect the strength of the electric force between the particles?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Coulomb's law of electrostatics states that the Coulomb force between two charged objects is proportional to the size of the charges, and inversely proportional to the separation distance. The constant of proportionality is called Coulombs constant. In math words, it says:

$F=kq_1q_2/r^2$

If you decrease the magnitude of the charges, the total Coulomb force would also decrease. If the distance between the particles was decreased, the total Coulomb force would increase. A smaller term in the denotator would cause the Coulomb force to increase.