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Homework Statement
A positively charged ball is brought close to a neutral isolated conductor. The conductor is then grounded while the ball is kept close. Is the conductor charged positively, negative or neutral, if (a) the ball is first taken away and then the ground connection is removed and (b) the ground connection is first removed and then the ball is taken away?
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The Attempt at a Solution
This may be a very basic question but i am completely new to this subject.
Firstly, i don't understand what happens when the conductor is grounded.
I guess when the positively charged ball is brought closed to the conductor, the electrons attract towards the positively charged ball and accumulate on one side of the conductor. Now the question is what happens when the conductor is grounded?
Any help is appreciated! :)