Coulomb's Law for the electric field due to a point charge is
[tex]E=k_{e} \frac{q}{r^{2}} [/tex]
where
E = electric field, V
[tex]k_{e}[/tex]= Coulom's constant, 8.98755 x 10²
q = point charge, C
r = distance from the pont charge, m
At distance, r, let the electric potential be
[tex]v=k_{e} \frac{q}{r^{2}} [/tex]
At twice the distance from q, the electric potential is
[tex]v'=k_{e} \frac{q}{(2r)^{2}} \\ = \frac{1}{4} k_{e} \frac{q}{r^{2}} \\ = \frac1x}{4}v [/tex]
Answer:
At twice the distance from the charge, the electric decreases by a factor of 4.