If you brought a charged plastic strip close to a pith ball that is attatched to

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If you brought a charged plastic strip close to a pith ball that is attatched to a string holding the ball between two fingers, then released the ball before removing the plastic strip, would the ball be charged or uncharged? Explain your answer, the sign of the charge relative to that of the plastic, and whether any charge has been lost by the plastic strip during this process, referring to the type of charging if it is charged.

If you had a second identical pith ball and were allowed to move the plastic strip, what sequence of tests would allow you to prove that your
answer to part (a) was correct?

If you had one pith ball that was charged to 3C, given an unlimited number of other pith balls, explain how you could produce a pith ball with a charge of 1 C

If two pith balls of identical mass were found to repel one another and make the same angle with respect to the vertical direction, could you conclude that both balls had the same total charge on them? Explain your answer. If your answer is no, explain what would be the same for both balls, and how you know this

Explanation / Answer

When we bring the charged plastic strip close to the uncharged ball then due to induction process the surface of the ball will be charged.

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