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Plastic straws A and B are rubbed with a dry cotton cloth. What will happen if they are brought near each other?

When plastic straws A and B are rubbed with a dry cotton cloth and brought near each other, they will repel each other because both will gain the similar charge. Similar charges repel each other.


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