Inflate two balloons and rub both of them with a cloth first and then with different materials. Will they attract each other in both cases?

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When both balloons are rubbed with a cloth, they acquire like charges and hence will repel each other. However, in the second case when both are rubbed with different materials, they may acquire like or unlike charges and may repel or attract

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