During dry weather clothes made up of synthetic fibre often stick to te skin, how does this happen? and what type of force is responisible for this phenomenon?

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The clothes stick to the skin because they acquire a charge by rubbing against the skin. Static electricity is responsible for producing the force causing the attraction.

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