Five Styrofoam balls are suspended from insulating threads. Several experiments are performed on the balls and the following observations are made i) Ball A repels C and attracts B ii) Ball D attracts B and has no effect on E iii) A negatively charged rod attracts both A and E An electrically neutral Styrofoam ball gets attracted if placed nearby a charged body due to induced charge. What are the charges, if any, on each ball A, B, C, D and E?
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a
++−+O+
b
+−++O
c
+−+OO
d
−+−OO
answer is C.
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Detailed Solution
From (i), A and C both are charged, either positively or negatively. From (ii), B is charged and D and E have no charge. From (iii), A is positively charged. Therefore, from Eq. (i), B is negatively charged.