Your instructor staggers into class after a classic party. He does a demonstration in class where he measures a force of attraction between two positively charged spheres to be 12N when they are 5m apart and then claims that the force is 24N when they are 10m apart. Specific to the demonstration, please list and briefly describe three reasons why his claims must be wrong. One of your three points must be quantitative (must involve some type of force calculation).

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Your Instructor Staggers into Class After a Classic Party