waht will happen to plastic comb that has been rubbed with your hair and brought near pieces of paper?

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When you comb your hair, some of the electrons of hair jump to the comb which makes your hair positively charged and the brush negatively charged. If we now bring pieces of paper near the charged comb then the pieces will be attracted to it and will stick.

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