a student is desging an investigation of the distributation of charges in conducters. she will use two conducting spheres mounted on insulating stands in the investigation. the conducting spheres are shown. the student wants to seperate the charges of the spheres as shown. what should the student do in her investigatoin to produce these results

She should place a negatively charged rod near the left sphere.
She should place a positively charged rod near the left sphere.
She should place two negatively charged rods near each sphere.
She should place two positively charged rods near each sphere.

The correct answer would be "She should place a negatively charged rod near the left sphere." By doing this, the negative charges from the rod will induce a positive charge on the left sphere and a negative charge on the right sphere. This will result in the separation of charges as shown.