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  • Please,please help me Five balls numbered 1 to 5 balls suspended using separate threads. Pair (1,2), (2,4) and(4,1) show electrostatic attraction, while pair (2,3) and (4,5) show repulsion. Therefore ball 1 must be

Five balls numbered 1 to 5 balls suspended using separate threads. Pair (1,2), (2,4) and(4,1) show electrostatic attraction, while pair (2,3) and (4,5) show repulsion. Therefore ball 1 must be

  • Option 1)

    Positively charged    

  • Option 2)

    Negatively charged  

  • Option 3)

     Neutral

  • Option 4)

    Made of metal

 

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As we learned @3223

Since 1 does not enter the list of repulsion, it is just possible that it may not be having any charge. Moreover, since ball no. 1 is being attracted by 2 and 4 both. So 2 and 4 must be similarly charged, but it is also given that 2 and 4 also attract each other. So 2 and 4 are certainly oppositely charged.

Since 1 is attracting 2, either 1 or 2 must be neutral but since 2 is already in the list of balls repelling each other, it necessarily has some charge, similarly 4 must have some charge. It means that though 1 is attracting 2 and 4 it does not have any charge.


Option 1)

Positively charged    

Option 2)

Negatively charged  

Option 3)

 Neutral

Option 4)

Made of metal

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