According to Coulomb, the electric force for charges at rest has the following properties: Like charges repel each other; unlike charges attract. Thus, two negative charges repel one another, while a positive charge attracts a negative charge.
Also, how do I know if something is positively or negatively charged?
Any particle, whether an atom, molecule or ion, that contains less electrons than protons is said to be positively charged. Conversely, any particle that contains more electrons than protons is said to be negatively charged.
Moreover, what happens when a positive and neutral charge meet? When two positively charged objects are brought near each other, a similar repulsive force is produced. When a negatively charged object is brought near a positively charged object, an attractive force is produced. Neutral objects have no influence on each other.
Keeping this in consideration, what type of charge is attracted to a positive charge?
negatively charged
Why do positive charges repel?
Why does positive and negative charge attract?
A negative charge wants to give away its electrons to become neutral therefore it attracts positive charge towards it. On the other hand, a positive charge requires electrons to become neutral, that is why it moves towards negative charge.