Asked by Sarah

A teacher holds two negatively charged balloons apart as shown in the picture. What will happen if the teacher bring together these charged objects?



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Responses

The electrostatic force will decrease in strength and the balloons will repel each other.
The electrostatic force will decrease in strength and the balloons will repel each other.

The electrostatic force will increase in strength and the balloons will attract each other.
The electrostatic force will increase in strength and the balloons will attract each other.

The electrostatic force will increase in strength and the balloons will repel each other.
The electrostatic force will increase in strength and the balloons will repel each other.

The electrostatic force will decrease in strength and the balloons will attract each other.
The electrostatic force will decrease in strength and the balloons will attract each other.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The electrostatic force will increase in strength and the balloons will repel each other.

Explanation: both balloons have like (negative) charge so they repel, and by Coulomb’s law the force magnitude grows as the distance between them decreases (F ∝ 1/r²).