Neutral Balloon: Charge After 19000 e- Removed?

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The discussion centers on the charge of a neutral balloon after the removal of 19,000 electrons. Initially, the balloon is neutral, meaning the number of positive charges equals the number of negative charges. Upon removing 19,000 electrons, a charge imbalance occurs, resulting in the balloon becoming positively charged due to the excess of positive charges over negative charges.

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We have a netural balloon and the question wants to know what it's charge is after 19000 electrons have been removed. Wouldn't the charge remain the same since the object wasn't charged in the first place?
 
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Neutral means no. of positive charge=no.of negative charge

So when we remove some negative charge there is disbalance of charges. here it results in

no of positive charge greater than negative charge
 
Ahhh ok, i was just lookin through my physics book and prtty much came to the same conclusion, thanks a bunch.
 

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