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What similarities do electrostatic forces have to gravitational forces?

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Solution :(i)Both OBEY inverse square law.
(ii) Both are central forces, i.e., forces. ACT along the lines joining the centres of the bodies.
(iii) Both are CONSERVATIVE forces, i.e., WORK done by them does not depend UPON the path followed.
(iv)Both involve a property of the interacting particles-the mass in one case and the charge in the other.


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