Question

A negatively charged plastic comb is brought close to, but does not touch, a small piece of paper. If the comb and the paper are attracted to each other the charge on the paper
A) must be negative
B) may be positive or neutral
C) may be negative or neutral D)must be positive

Answer 1

If the comb and the paper are attracted to each other the charge on the paper, is D)must be positive

Laws of electrical attraction

This states that

• Like charges attract
• Unlike charges repel

Now, given that a negatively charged plastic comb is brought close to, but does not touch, a small piece of paper. If the comb and the paper are attracted to each other the charge on the paper, this implies that both the negatively charged plastic comb and the paper have opposite charges.

Since the charge on the plastic comb is negative, this means that the charge on the paper must be positive

So, if the comb and the paper are attracted to each other the charge on the paper, is D)must be positive

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