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Question: Laundry in a clothing dryer often become charged with static electricity while drying. Which of these best explains why a clothing dryer often generates static electricity.

A) Electrons are transferred as clothes run against each other in the dryer

B)Clothes with metal pieces conduct electricity in the dryer

C) short circuits in the dryer charge the laundry

D) heat from the dryer changes the air and produces lightning

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Answer: A. Electrons are transferred as clothes run against each other in the dryer.

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