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According to coulomb’s law, what happens to the potential energy of two oppositely charged particles as they get closer together?.

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Answer :According to Coulomb's law, for opposite charges, the potential energy is [positive/negative] and becomes more [positive/negative] as the particles get closer together.
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According to coulomb's law their potential energy will increase and the particles will repel each other.

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