How does the distance between charged objects affect the electric force between them?(1 point)
Responses
As distance increases, the force changes from attractive to repulsive.
As distance increases, the strength of the force decreases.
As distance increases, the magnitude of the force increases.
As distance increases, the force changes from negative to positive.
As distance increases, the force changes its mind from being clingy to becoming distant and repulsive, just like a bad breakup. So, the answer is: As distance increases, the force changes from attractive to repulsive.
The correct answer is:
"As distance increases, the strength of the force decreases."
To understand why this is the case, we can look at Coulomb's Law.
Coulomb's Law states that the electric force between two charged objects is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Mathematically, it can be expressed as:
F = k * (q1 * q2) / r^2
Where:
F is the electric force between the two charged objects,
k is the electrostatic constant,
q1 and q2 are the charges of the objects, and
r is the distance between them.
From this equation, we can see that as the distance (r) between the two charged objects increases, the denominator (r^2) also increases. Since the force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, the value of the force decreases as the distance increases. In other words, the strength of the force weakens with greater distances between the charged objects.
Therefore, the correct answer is "As distance increases, the strength of the force decreases."