The electric force between two charged particles is a quantity which shows a distance dependency that belongs to the inverse$-$square law. How does the electric force change if the distance is doubled?

Increasing the distance by a factor of two decreases the electric force to the inverse square root of the force.

Increasing the distance by a factor of two decreases the electric force by a factor of two too.

Increasing the distance by a factor of two decreases the electric force by a factor of $\backslash (\backslash$sqrt$\{\}2\backslash )($square root of $2).$

Increasing the distance by a factor of two decreases the electric force by a factor of four.