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The table lists the values of the electrical force and the gravitational force between two protons.

A 2 column table with 2 rows. The first column is labeled type with entries electrical, gravitational. The second column is labeled force in newtons with entries 6.26 times 10 Superscript negative 32 baseline, 5.02 times 10 Superscript negative 68 baseline.
How do the electrical force and the gravitational force compare?

The electrical force is 1.2 × 1036 times less than the gravitational force.
The electrical force is 1.2 × 1036 times greater than the gravitational force.
The electrical force is 8.0 × 10–37 times less than the gravitational force.
The electrical force is 8.0 × 10–37 times greater than the gravitational force.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Compute the ratio: (electrical)/(gravitational) = (6.26×10⁻³²)/(5.02×10⁻⁶⁸) ≈ (6.26/5.02)×10³⁶ ≈ 1.25×10³⁶.

So the electrical force is about 1.2 × 10³⁶ times greater than the gravitational force.