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Even though the electromagnetic interaction is so much stronger than the gravitational interaction, the gravitational interaction clearly is much more relevant in everyday life. Do you agree with this statement? Explain either way.

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All objects in the universe participate in gravitational interactions due to their mass. The gravity exerted by two bodies against each other is proportional to the product of mass and the inverse square of the separation. This interaction is important for large objects, much less important for objects in everyday life, and very minor for microscopic objects.

Electrically charged objects are involved in electromagnetic interactions. When objects are stationary or moving relative to each other, the interaction is electrical. Interaction is magnetic only when objects move relative to each other. Like the gravitational interaction, the electromagnetic interaction between two charged particles decreases to the inverse square of the distance between the two particles. Electromagnetic interactions between nuclei and electrons are important for understanding atomic structure. Electromagnetic interactions are much stronger than gravitational interactions. For example, the electrostatic force of an electron and a proton acting on each other in an atom is about 103910^{39} times greater than the gravitational force acting on each other.

Even though the electromagnetic interaction is so much stronger than the gravitational interaction, the gravitational interaction clearly is much more relevant in everyday life because most of the everyday objects we handle are electrically neutral, so electromagnetics has no net impact on them. However, with mass, gravity influences all things, so gravity is much more important in daily life.

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