Attract or Repel?

There are four plates: A , A, B B and D D are charged plastic plates and C C is an electrically neutral copper plate. The electrostatic forces between some pairs of the plates are as follows: A B C A D A \begin{aligned} A \rightarrow & \leftarrow B \\ C \rightarrow & \leftarrow A \\ \leftarrow D \quad & \quad A \rightarrow \end{aligned} For the pair B B and D , D, do the plates repel or attract each other?

Can't say Attract Repel

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2 solutions

Upabrat Kalita
May 11, 2015

since C is neutral and A attracts it, A must be +ve (same concept as why a rubbed comb attracts neutral piece of paper). So B is -ve and D is +ve. So force betn B and D is attractive.

A attracts B

A and B has different charge

D repels A

D and A have same charge

So, B attracts D

(note that same means same sign of charge..+ve/-ve, not numerically)

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