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A glass test tube rubbed with silk and an acrylic rod rubbed with a paper towel become charged due to the process of charging by friction. How do the test tube and rod interact?

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Attraction.

Step-by-step explanation:

Charging by friction involves rubbing of objects against one another so that one loses electron(s), while the other gains the electron(s). Thus, the objects would have opposite charges after the process.

The glass test tube rubbed with silk loses electron, thus becomes positively charged. While the acrylic rob rubbed with paper towel becomes negatively charged. Since the two rods have opposite charges, then the interaction between them would be attraction. A force of attraction between the rods would be experienced while the rods are brought to a required close range.

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