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The problem: Two identical conducting spheres, fixed in place, attract each other with an electrostatic force of 0.158 N when their center-to-center separation is 63.2 cm. The spheres are then connected by a thin conducting wire. When the wire is removed, the spheres repel each other with an...

An electron would go to a positively charged object, thus making that object it less positive. But would electrons just continue flowing from the conductor into the ball until the ball was negative?

So I have this homework question that I answered already but still don't understand why the answer is correct. A positively charged ball is brought close to an electrically neutral isolated conductor. The conductor is then grounded while the ball is kept close. Is the conductor charged...