There would be more - charges on the peanuts because they gain electrons which are represented with the - sign. There would also be more + on the cat to show that the cat’s fur is positively charged. The peanuts would be attracted to the cat because opposite charges attract.
As for explaining the first model, there should be the same amount of + and - charges on the peanuts as well as the cat to show that it is balanced and the peanuts are not attracted or repelled by the cat.
The work done by the machine is equal to the product between the force applied and the distance over which the force is applieds, so in this case:

And the power of the machine is equal to the ratio between the work done by the machine and the time taken:
To solve this problem we will apply the concepts related to Coulomb's law for which the Electrostatic Force is defined as,

Here,
k = Coulomb's constant
= Charge at each object
r = Distance between them
As the distance is doubled so,





Therefore the factor is 1/4