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Why does the strong force work keeping protons and neutrons when the electrostatic force would push them apart?

Why does the strong force work keeping protons and neutrons when the electrostatic force would push them apart?

For example, a proton and neutron would go together fine with the strong force, but a proton and another proton won't fit in together because of the electrostatic force.

I'm not an expert, but I feel this is a simple scenario that a high school student could fit in together.
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The electromagnetic force between protons is repulsive, but the residual strong force is attractive at short distances (although it becomes repulsive at *very* short distances).

Within the range of distances where the residual strong force acts, it's usually much stronger than the electromagnetic force.