This is true. Gravity is constantly pulling on anything and everything (even light!), no matter how far away it is from another object.
For this problem, we use the Coulomb's law written in equation as:
F = kQ₁Q₂/d²
where
F is the electrical force
k is a constant equal to 9×10⁹
Q₁ and Q₂ are the charge of the two objects
d is the distance between the two objects
Substituting the values:
F = (9×10⁹)(-22×10⁻⁹ C)(-22×10⁻⁹ C)/(0.10 m)²
F = 0.0004356 N
As it was explained in the Introductory Article on the Electromagnetic Spectrum, electromagnetic radiation can be described as a stream of photons, each traveling in a wave-like pattern, carrying energy and moving at the speed of light. In that section, it was pointed out that the only difference between radio waves, visible light and gamma rays is the energy of the photons. Radio waves have photons with the lowest energies. Microwaves have a little more energy than radio waves. Infrared has still more, followed by visible, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays.
That should be able to help answer your question :)
A. inertia
Because it has to do with the motion of something, especially if it changes its pace. In this example, the book's motion, when sliding on the table, decreased because of less force being given off from the student.