Academic Integrity: tutoring, explanations, and feedback — we don’t complete graded work or submit on a student’s behalf.

Two uncharged metal spheres, #1 and #2, are mounted on insulating support rods.

ID: 2281870 • Letter: T

Question

Two uncharged metal spheres, #1 and #2, are mounted on insulating support rods. A third metal sphere, carrying a positive charge, is then placed near #2. Now a copper wire is momentarily connected between #1 and #2 and then removed. Finally, sphere #3 is removed. In this final state

Two uncharged metal spheres, #1 and #2, are mounted on insulating support rods. A third metal sphere, carrying a positive charge, is then placed near #2. Now a copper wire is momentarily connected between #1 and #2 and then removed. Finally, sphere #3 is removed. In this final state

spheres #1 and #2 both carry negative charge. sphere #1 carries negative charge and #2 carries positive charge. spheres #1 and #2 are still uncharged. sphere #1 carries positive charge and #2 carries negative charge. spheres #1 and #2 both carry positive charge.

Explanation / Answer

sphere #1 carries positive charge and #2 carries negative charge.