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State and explain coulomb's inverse square law in electricity

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Statement : The electrostatic force of attraction (or) repulsion between two point sized stationary electric charges is directly proportional to product of their charges and inversly proportional to square of distance between them and acts along the line joining them.
Explanation : Let Q1 & Q2 are the charges seperated by a distance 'r', then electrostatic force between them is given by
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FQ1Q2r2
F=KQ1Q2r2
The value of k is K=14πϵ0
where 0 is permitivity of free spaced
F=14πϵ0Q1Q2r2
if two charges are kept in medium
F=14πQ1Q2r2
where  is permitivity of medium.

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State and explain coulomb's inverse square law in electricity