A friend of mine asked me a question.

Suppose there are two metal rods which are placed in front of a uniformly charged non-conducting plane one after other with their length perpendicular to the plane.

I know that the rods will get attracted towards each other but what would be nature of force that will work between the rods and the plane.

The answer is attraction but I don't know why it has to be that way.

A friend of mine asked me a question.

Suppose there are two metal rods which are placed in front of a uniformly charged non-conducting plane one after other with their length perpendicular to the plane.

I know that the rods will get attracted towards each other but what would be nature of force that will work between the rod and the plane.

The answer is attraction but I don't know why it has to be that way.