You have just pulled your clothes from the dryer and find that asock is clinging

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You have just pulled your clothes from the dryer and find that asock is clinging to your jeans with static electricity. You pullthe two apart. As the jeans and the sock move apart, the forcebetween them becomes weaker because the

A)electric charge on each garmentdiminishes as they move apart.
B)electric charge on each garment increases asthey move apart.
C)the force between the electric chargesbecomes weaker with increasing distance.
D)electric current moving through each garmentdiminishes as they move apart.

A)electric charge on each garmentdiminishes as they move apart.
B)electric charge on each garment increases asthey move apart.
C)the force between the electric chargesbecomes weaker with increasing distance.
D)electric current moving through each garmentdiminishes as they move apart.

Explanation / Answer

A)electric charge on each garmentdiminishes as they move apart.
B)electric charge on each garment increases asthey move apart.
C)the force between the electric chargesbecomes weaker with increasing distance.
D)electric current moving through each garmentdiminishes as they move apart.
option A is correct.

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