The force between two charges is given by Coulomb's Law, which states that the force is proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The force is attractive if the charges are of opposite signs and repulsive if the charges are of the same sign.
Given that object A has a charge of -1 Coulomb, it will attract positively charged objects. Therefore, the object with the charge that would be most strongly attracted by object A would be the one with the largest positive charge.
Among the options provided:
- +2 C (most strongly attracted)
- +1 C
- -1 C (repelled)
- -2 C (repelled)
The answer is +2 C.
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