Answer:
<em>The force is now 9 times the original force</em>
Explanation:
<u>Coulomb's Law </u>
The electrostatic force between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Coulomb's formula is:
Where:
q1, q2 = the particles' charge
d= The distance between the particles
Suppose the distance is reduced to d'=d/3, the new force F' is:
The force is now 9 times the original force