According to coulomb's law, the amount of electric force depends on which two things? A) the size of the charge on each of the two particles and the distance between them B) the mass of each of th particles and the distance between them C) the size of the charge on each of the two particles and the gravitational force between them D) the mass of each of the particles and the gravitational force between them

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According to Coulomb's Law, the amount of electric force between two charged particles depends on:

A) the size of the charge on each of the two particles and the distance between them.

Coulomb's Law states that the force \( F \) between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges \( q_1 \) and \( q_2 \) and 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. Thus, option A is correct.