Answer:
-4*10⁴ units.
Explanation:
As the metal rod was initially neutral (which means that it has the same quantity of positive and negative charges), after being close to the charged sphere, as charge must be conserved, the total charge of the metal rod must still remain to be zero.
So, if due to the influence of the negative charge in the sphere, the half of the road closer to the sphere has a surplus charge of +4*10⁴ units, the charge on the half of the rod farther from the sphere must be the same in magnitude but of the opposite sign, i.e., -4*10⁴ units.
Answer:
Approximately 
(assuming that the acceleration due to gravity is
.)
Explanation:
Assuming that the weight on this 72-kg skydiver would be 
(points downwards.)
Air resistance is supposed to act in the opposite direction of the motion. Since this skydiver is moving downwards, the air resistance on the skydiver would point upwards.
Therefore, the net force on this skydiver should be the difference between the weight and the air resistance on the skydiver:
.
Apply Newton's Second Law of motion to find the acceleration of this skydiver:
.
The air inside becomes warmer, and that makes it LESS DENSE.
Less-dense air FLOATS in denser air. Since it's inside the balloon, it picks the balloon up when it floats.
