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AP Physics C: E&M
8.2 Conservation of Electric Charge and the Process of Charging
8.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
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A charged rod near neutral conducting and insulating scraps.
A charged rod near neutral conducting and insulating scraps.
A positively charged glass rod is brought near two small, neutral scraps of paper of equal size: Scrap 1 is made of a conducting material, and Scrap 2 is made of an insulating material. Both neutral scraps experience an attractive electrostatic force toward the rod, but the force on Scrap 1 is measured to be greater than the force on Scrap 2. Which of the following best explains this observation?

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