If the materials used for constructing a building were good conductors, do you think lightning

will strike the building. Will the lightning conductor be still required to be installed in the

building?

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Because charge separation cannot take place in the conductors.

Because charge separation can take place in the conductors.

Because charge can combine in the conductor.

None of these.

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The lightning conductor be still required to be installed in the building because charge separation cannot take place in the conductors.
When lightning strikes a structure, the charge will flow into the earth through the building's conducting material. No, a lightning conductor is not necessary because the building's construction materials will serve as a good conductor in this situation, performing the function of a lightning conductor.

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