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Question
When a charged comb is brought near a small piece of paper, it attracts the piece. Does the paper become charged when the comb is brought near it?
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Solution 1
When a charged comb is brought near a small piece of paper, it attracts the piece due to induction. There's a distribution of charges on the paper. When a charged comb is brought near the pieces of paper then an opposite charge is induced on the near end of the pieces of paper so the charged comb attracts the opposite charge on the near end of paper and similar on the farther end. The net charge on the paper remains zero.
Solution 2
When a charged comb is brought near a small piece of paper, it attracts the piece due to induction. There's a distribution of charges on the paper. When a charged comb is brought near the pieces of paper then an opposite charge is induced on the near end of the pieces of paper so the charged comb attracts the opposite charge on the near end of paper and similar on the farther end. The net charge on the paper remains zero.
