À student observes a demonstration involving an interaction between aneutral metallic sphere suspended from a string and a negativelycharged insulating rod. The student makes the following statement:"As the negatively charged rod nears the sphere, it causes the electronsin the sphere to move away from the rod. The side of the sphere nearest Insulatingto the rod becomes positively charged while the other side becomesnegatively charged. So the sphere will be attracted toward the rod. Ifthey touch, the sphere will swing back since they will both becomeneutral."NeutralconductingsphererodWhat, if anything, is wrong with this statement? If something iswrong, explain the error and how to correct it. If the statement isvalid, explain why.

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