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Which is an example of the strong force in action?

A battery-powered radio produces sound.
A magnet keeps a cabinet door closed.
The Sun pulls on Earth as Earth moves around the Sun.
The protons in the nucleus of a carbon atom are held together.

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The protons in the nucleus of a carbon atom are held together.

That binding is due to the strong nuclear force (the strong interaction), which holds nucleons together and overcomes the electrostatic repulsion between positively charged protons.