The area around a charged object where the object can exert a force on other charged objects is an electric?

Electric Field.

Explanation:

An electric field surrounds an electric charge and is capable to exert force on other charges in the field, both attracting or repelling them. An electric field is usually shortened as E-field. The electric field is described as the electric force per unit charge and is radially outward from a positive charge and radially in toward a negative point charge.

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