When two charged particles are moving toward each other, their velocities decrease until they eventually come to a stop. What happens afterward?(1 point)

Question

When two charged particles are moving toward each other, their velocities decrease until they eventually come to a stop. What happens afterward?(1 point)
Responses

They remain in the same place without moving.
They remain in the same place without moving.

They bond and accelerate together.
They bond and accelerate together.

They accelerate in opposite directions.
They accelerate in opposite directions.

They accelerate toward each other.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

When two charged particles move toward each other, they experience an attractive force due to their charges. As they approach, their velocities decrease due to this force, and they eventually come to a stop at a certain point. After this point, the forces acting on them will cause them to accelerate.

Since they are charged particles (assuming they have opposite charges), after stopping, they will accelerate toward each other again due to the electrostatic attraction between them. Therefore, the correct response is:

They accelerate toward each other.