What is an everyday example of force-at-a-distance?

Fred is studying a substance that is made out of only one element. this means that

Choose one literary selection from this semester in which you think the setting has a great impact on the work. in a full paragraph name the work, describe the setting, and explain why it is so important to the overall story or poem.

Two like-charged particles are placed close to each other. how would the force of repulsion be affected if the charge on one of the particles is doubled and that on the other is reduced to half the original value?