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What is the force between a point charge and a conducting plate?
How is the net charge separation created on the plate?
The presence of the point charge creates an electric field, which causes the electrons in the conducting plate to redistribute. This redistribution results in an area of excess positive charge opposite the point charge and an area of excess negative charge adjacent to it. This separation creates the electric field that opposes the field of the point charge.