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How did the discovery of electrons show that they are also prositive charge part of an atom

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We know that electrons are negatively charged, so we need to explain why electrons are orbiting the atom in the first place.  The only logical explanation for this is by saying that there is a positive charge in the atom somewhere that attracts the negatively charged electrons to the atom.
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