Let us consider two vectors A and B.
As per the question, the two vectors are perpendicular to each other.
Hence the angle between them
We are asked to calculate the resultant of these two vectors.
As per parallelogram law of vector addition, the resultant of two vectors are-
[cos90=0]
This is the way by which we can add two perpendicular vectors.
The magnitude of the electrostatic force between two charges is given by:
where
ke is the Coulomb's constant
q1 and q2 are the two charges
r is the separation between the two charges
We can see that the magnitude of the force is directly proportional to the charges. This means that when one of the charges is doubled, the magnitude of the electrostatic force will double as well, so the correct answer is
A) <span>The magnitude of the electrostatic force doubles</span>