Thank you for the help! It ended up being BBACD, I guess the wording of the question got me, but again thank you! If you wouldn't mind, why can we not tell for v) but we can tell for iii), as the wording is almost identical, they just switch the charge on the rod and what happens to the object?
Homework Statement
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Select the answers which complete the statements below (e.g., if answer A completes the first statement, and answer B the others, enter ABBBB).
A) positive B) negative C) neutral D) cannot tell
A positive point charge is brought near the outside surface of a...
Not sure if you got this yet, but the key thing is to look at the direction of the fields. If they travel away, the charge is positive, where as if they travel to, the charge is negative. The amount of field lines entering a charge are proportional to the charge when comparing two charges. So...