Answer to Question #150296 in Electricity and Magnetism for mercy koutoumanos

Question

A negatively charged object is brought close to an electroscope but does not touch. After a while you remove the charged object. What was the charge on the gold leaves while the object was close to the electroscope and what was the charge after the object was removed?

Answer 1

The charge on the gold leaves while the object was close to the electroscope was negative.

The charge after the object was removed $decreased$ $to$ $zero$