Neutral Balloon: Charge After 19000 e- Removed?

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Removing 19,000 electrons from a neutral balloon creates a charge imbalance, resulting in a net positive charge. Initially, a neutral object has equal numbers of positive and negative charges. Once negative charges are removed, the number of positive charges exceeds the negative charges. Thus, the balloon will have a positive charge after the removal of electrons. This confirms that a neutral object can become charged when electrons are removed.
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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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