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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 proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.
They are 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 decrease.
They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will also increase.
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The 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 force (F) between two charges (q1 and q2) is inversely proportional to the square of the distance (r) between them:
\[ F = k \frac{|q_1 q_2|}{r^2} \]
where \( k \) is the Coulomb's constant. This means that as the distance increases, the force decreases.
