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  • Coulomb's Law: How Doubling Charges Affects Electrostatic Force
    If the magnitude of both charges is doubled, the force between them quadruples. Here's why:

    Coulomb's Law describes the force between two point charges:

    * F = k * (q1 * q2) / r²

    Where:

    * F is the force

    * k is Coulomb's constant

    * q1 and q2 are the magnitudes of the charges

    * r is the distance between the charges

    Analyzing the impact of doubling the charges:

    * If both q1 and q2 are doubled, the product (q1 * q2) becomes 4 times larger (2 * 2 = 4).

    * Since the force is directly proportional to (q1 * q2), the force also becomes 4 times larger.

    Therefore, doubling the magnitude of both charges results in a quadrupling of the force between them.

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