Question

an aluminum pie plate is negatively charged. what can be inferred about the relative number of protons and electrons in the pie plate? key: p⁺ = proton e⁻ = electron tap to select or deselect an answer. ⃝ #p⁺ = #e⁻ ⃝ #p⁺ > #e⁻ ⃝ #p⁺ < #e⁻

Explanation:

Protons have a positive charge (\(p^{+}\)), and electrons have a negative charge (\(e^{-}\)). A neutral object has an equal number of protons and electrons (\(\#p^{+}=\#e^{-}\)). When an object is negatively - charged, it has gained extra electrons. So the number of electrons is greater than the number of protons.

Answer:

\(\#p^{+}<\#e^{-}\)