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According to Coulomb’s law, the electros...

According to Coulomb’s law, the electrostatic force between two charges is

A

inversely proportional to the product of the charges

B

inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the charges

C

directly proportional to the cube of the distance between charges

D

none of these

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B
The electrostatic force between two charges is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the charges.
`F=1/(4piepsilon_0) (q_1q_2)/r^2`
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