What could you do to increase the electric potential energy between two positively charged particles by a factor of 16?

AReduce the distance by a factor of 16.
BReduce the distance by a factor of 4.
CIncrease the distance by a factor of 4.
DIncrease the distance by a factor of 16.

Verified Answer :

\(Electric~potential ~energy~U_{E}=K_{e}.\dfrac{Qq}{R}\\so~ U_{E} \propto \dfrac{1}{R}\)
so to increase Ue by 16 times you gotta reduce R(distence) by 16 times

Reduce Answer:

Reduce by 16

Explanation: