Three identical metal balls, A, B, and C are mounted on insulating rods. Ball B is free to slide left and right, so it may touch balls A and C. The balls are surrounded by a Faraday cage which ensures no electrons or electric fields can enter or leave the system during the experiment. Initially, ball A has 6 electrons, ball B and C are uncharged (as shown below). Part A ► View Available Hint(s) Faraday cage Ball B slides towards, and touches ball A, Ball B then slides right, separating from A, until it touches C. B then separates from C and slides back towards the middle. At the end of the experiment ball B has A (Note: feel free to open the Hint if you are confused, it only costs you 5%) O 1 electron O 1.5 electrons O2 electrons O2.5 electrons O 3 electrons A B B C с

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Three identical metal balls, A, B, and C are mounted on insulating rods. Ball B is free to slide left and right, so it may touch balls A and C. The balls are surrounded by a Faraday cage which ensures no electrons or electric fields can enter or leave the system during the experiment. Initially, ball A has 6 electrons, ball B and C are uncharged (as shown below).

Ball B slides towards, and touches ball A, Ball B then slides right, separating from A, until it touches C. B then separates from C and slides back towards the middle. At the end of the experiment ball B has _______

Three identical metal balls, A, B, and C are mounted on insulating rods. Ball B is free to slide left and right, so it may touch balls A and C. The balls are surrounded by a Faraday cage which ensures no
electrons or electric fields can enter or leave the system during the experiment. Initially, ball A has 6 electrons, ball B and C are uncharged (as shown below).
Part A
► View Available Hint(s)
Ball B slides towards, and touches ball A, Ball B then slides right, separating from A, until it touches C. B then separates from C and slides back towards the middle.
At the end of the experiment ball B has
A
(Note: feel free to open the Hint if you are confused, it only costs you 5%)
O 1 electron
O 1.5 electrons
O2 electrons
O 2.5 electrons
OO
Faraday cage
O 3 electrons
A
B
B
C
C
F
Transcribed Image Text:Three identical metal balls, A, B, and C are mounted on insulating rods. Ball B is free to slide left and right, so it may touch balls A and C. The balls are surrounded by a Faraday cage which ensures no electrons or electric fields can enter or leave the system during the experiment. Initially, ball A has 6 electrons, ball B and C are uncharged (as shown below). Part A ► View Available Hint(s) Ball B slides towards, and touches ball A, Ball B then slides right, separating from A, until it touches C. B then separates from C and slides back towards the middle. At the end of the experiment ball B has A (Note: feel free to open the Hint if you are confused, it only costs you 5%) O 1 electron O 1.5 electrons O2 electrons O 2.5 electrons OO Faraday cage O 3 electrons A B B C C F
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Step 1

Given data,

As per the given data A, B, C are three identical balls.

All three are kept in Faraday cage.

Ball A has 6 electrons that is

 ηA=6e-charge qA=-6eBall B has no electrons,no protons that is ηB=0 and qB=0Ball C has no electrons no protons , thus ηC=0 and qC=0

 

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