Two charged objects, A and B, are exerting an electric force on each other. What will happen if charge on A is increased?

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Ananda Dasgupta
Mar 22, 2018

The forces acting on both of them will increase in magnitude.

Explanation:

According to Coulomb's law, the electrostatic force between two bodies is proportional to the product of their two charges. If the charge on A is increased this product increases in size (it must have been non-zero to begin with, since there was a force between them at first). Thus, the force between them rises.

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