A balloon rubbed in your hair or on your clothes sticks to a wall. If you place

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A balloon rubbed in your hair or on your clothes sticks to a wall. If you place the rubbed side of the balloon against the wall, it sticks to the wall immediately. Try this, however: After rubbing the balloon in your hair, place the side of the balloon you did not rub against the wall and notice how the balloon turns until the rubbed side is touching the wall

(a) Draw a freebody diagram for the balloon sticking to the wall.

(b) Given that the balloon rotates so that the rubbed area is against the wall, do you think the balloon is an electrical insulator or conductor?

(c) Was charge created in either the balloon or the wall in order for the sticking to occur?

(d) Is any charge transferred from the balloon to the wall? Why or why not?

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