Coulomb's law states that the electric force becomes weaker with increasing distance, Suppose that instead, the electric force between two charged particles were independent of distance. In this case, would a neutral insulator still be attracted towards the comb.

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Attraction requires opposite charges. As the insulator is neutral and also charge can not be induced on insulators without contact, the insulator will not be attracted towards a charged comb.

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