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Posted by anonymous on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 12:42am.

If you rub a glass rod and silk together, the rod will then become positively charged, the metal ball will become negative,and the leaves will be positive, making it closer together ...

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If you rub a glass rod and silk together, the rod will then become negatively charged, the metal ball will become positive,and the leaves will be negative, making it closer spread apart?

physics - drwls, Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 9:10am
The glass rod gets a positive charge. See
49-physics121-lecture02-Physics-121-Electricity-Magnetism-Lecture-2Electric-Charge-lect-Education-ppt-powerpoint/

Whatever else happens depends upon the the experimental setup and precedure, whih are not adequately explained in your question.

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