According to Coulomb’s law, the force between two charges acts along the straight line joining the charges. The force is directly proportional to the product of the charges, and inversely proportional to the square of the distances between the charges. This law is similar to A) the kinetic theory of gases. B) Newton’s third law of motion. C) the first law of thermodynamics. D) the universal law of gravitation.
Physics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Here, option (D) is correct.
Coulomb’s law is similar to the universal law of gravitation. It is an inverse-square law, which is similar to Isaac Newton's inverse-square law of universal gravitation, electrostatic forces can be attractive or repulsive but gravitational forces are always attractive.