Question

1. what happens to electric force the closer together charged particles are?

Explanation:

Step1: Recall Coulomb's law

The electric force between two charged particles is given by $F = k\frac{q_1q_2}{r^2}$, where $k$ is the Coulomb's constant, $q_1$ and $q_2$ are the charges of the two particles, and $r$ is the distance between them.

Step2: Analyze the effect of distance

As $r$ decreases (charged - particles get closer together), the denominator $r^2$ of the formula gets smaller. Since $F$ is inversely proportional to $r^2$, when $r$ decreases, the value of $F$ increases.

Answer:

The electric force between the charged particles increases.