Explanation:
Reactants ⇒ product + heat (exothermic reaction) ....(1)
We have given that the reaction is exothermic, so the heat is rejected from the reaction. We know that heat is the form of energy.
From equation (1)
from the given equation we can see that reactants have more energy than products.
So the reactants have higher potential energy in comparison to the products.
The size of the force varies inversely as the square of the distance between the two charges. Therefore, if the distance between the two charges is doubled, the attraction or repulsion becomes weaker, decreasing to one-fourth of the original value.
In Electrostatics the electrical force between Two charged objects is inversely Related to the distance of separation between the two objects .
