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Unit 2 Lesson 7 Portfolio for physics

According to Coulomb's law, what will happen to the force between two charges if the distance is divided by 2?
A. 1/2 as strong
B. 2 times as strong
C. 1/4 as strong
D. 4 times as strong

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If two charges are moved so that the distance between them is reduced
by half, then the forces between them become 4 times as strong.
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