If a negative charge is placed inside a hollow isolated conductor that is originally neutral and the charge does not touch that conductor at any time:

a. both the inner and outer surfaces will become negative.
b. both the inner and outer surfaces will remain neutral.
c. the outside surface of the conductor will become positively charged.
d. the inside surface of the conductor will become positively charged.


d

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