Do charged particles always experience equal but opposite electrical forces?
My answer is The electric forces are directly porportional to the quantity of the charge on the objects.
Is that correct-we just started learning this and I'm trying to answer this question and sound somewhat intelligent.
Thank you
Not correct. Oppositely charged particles have equal and opposite charges to charges that are the same.
Thanks for answering-Obviously, I was way off
Thanks again
Your answer is partially correct! Charged particles do experience electrical forces, but the forces depend on both the quantity of the charge on the objects and the distance between them.
According to Coulomb's Law, the magnitude of the electrical force between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of their charges (Q1 and Q2) and inversely proportional to the square of the distance (r) between them:
F = k * |Q1| * |Q2| / r^2
Here, k is the electrostatic constant. The electrical force acts along the line joining the two particles and is attractive for opposite charges (Q1 and Q2 have different signs) and repulsive for like charges (Q1 and Q2 have the same sign).
So, to answer your original question, charged particles don't always experience equal but opposite electrical forces. The forces depend on the magnitude and sign of the charges as well as the distance between them.