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objects one and to attract each other with an electrostatic force of 36 units if the charge of object one is halved then the new electrostatic force will be

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Answer:

The new electrostatic force will be half the initial force.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let is call the charges of the two objects
Q_1 and
Q_2, if the separation between them is
R, then the electrostatic force
F between them will be


F = k(Q_1Q_2)/(R^2),

where
k is the coulomb's constant.

If let's say the charge
Q_1 is halved, then it becomes
Q_1/2. The electrostatic force then becomes


F_(new) = k((Q_1/2)Q_2)/(R^2) = k(Q_1Q_2)/(2R^2),


\boxed{F_(new) =(F)/(2).}

Thus, the new electrostatic force will be half the initial force.

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