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What will happen if a negatively charged rod is brought near a neutral sphere.

The sphere is a conductor

The sphere is also grounded

 

What happens to the sphere?

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Negatively charged rod near neutral metal sphere will induced electrons within the metal sphere to move. When negatively charged rod is brought near neutral sphere,distribution of charged occurs on the sphere and positive charge form on the surface of sphere closed to the rod and negative charge appears  on the opposite side.

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