Two identical conducting blocks, A and B, are charged to QA and QB respectively. The two blocks are then connected by a conducting wire. Electrons flow through the wire fro block A to block B. Which of the following is true? (See attached photo)   a. QA > QB b. QA = QB c. QA< QB d. none of the above.

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Two identical conducting blocks, A and B, are charged to QA and QB respectively. The two blocks are then connected by a conducting wire. Electrons flow through the wire fro block A to block B. Which of the following is true? (See attached photo)

 

a. QA > QB

b. QA = QB

c. QA< QB

d. none of the above.

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