Which of the following statements accurately reflects the relationship between force and distance in Coulomb’s Law?(1 point)

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They are proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will also increase.
They are proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will also increase.

They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.
They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.

They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will also increase.
They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will also increase.

They are proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.

1 answer

The correct statement that accurately reflects the relationship between force and distance in Coulomb’s Law is:

They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.

Coulomb's Law states that the electric force \( F \) between two point charges is inversely proportional to the square of the distance \( r \) between the charges, expressed mathematically as:

\[ F = k \frac{|q_1 q_2|}{r^2} \]

where \( k \) is Coulomb's constant and \( q_1 \) and \( q_2 \) are the magnitudes of the charges. As \( r \) (the distance) increases, the force \( F \) decreases.