16. An uncharged metal rod rests on a flat wooden table. A negatively charged metal rod is brought near the right side of the horizontal rod but does not touch it. Which of these best describes what charge appears on the horizontal rod?   a. the middle of the rod only becomes positively charged   b. the right side of the rod becomes positively charged   c. all of the rod becomes negatively charged

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An uncharged metal rod rests on a flat wooden table. A negatively charged metal rod is brought near the right side of the horizontal rod but does not touch it. Which of these best describes what charge appears on the horizontal rod?
  a.
the middle of the rod only becomes positively charged
  b.
the right side of the rod becomes positively charged
  c.
all of the rod becomes negatively charged
 

 

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