How does increasing the distance between charged objects affect the electric force between them?

Coulomb’s law says the electric force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between charged objects: as distance increases, force decreases. For example, doubling the distance makes the force one-fourth as strong. This is an indirect relationship, so the correct choice is A, “The electric force decreases because the distance has an indirect relationship to the force.”

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