Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321740904
ISBN 13: 978-0-32174-090-8

Chapter 25 - Electric Charges and Forces - Conceptual Questions - Page 744: 11

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When you bring your finger near the negatively charged ball, the negative charges in the ball repel the negative charges on your finger's tip. So the negative charges in your finger travel in the opposite direction and that polarizes your finger's tip and now it is a positively charged tip. And hence, the negative charges in the ball and the positive charges on your finger's tip attract each other. So the ball moves toward your finger.
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