. Suppose that a positive charge is brought near a neutral, insulating piece of material. Is the positive charge attracted, repelled, or indifferent to the neutral object

The charge will be attracted.

As you may know, opposite charges attract (and equal charges repel).

So, when you put a positive charge near a neutral material, all the negative charges in the material will move towards the surface of the material closer to the positive charge (and the positive charges in the material will move away).

Now the charge in the material is not homogeneous, so the positive charge will see a negatively charged surface near it, and it will be attracted to that surface.

Thus we can conclude that as a positive charge is brought near a neutral, insulating piece of material, the charge will be attracted towards it.

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Positive charge is attracted to the neutral object.

Explanation:

Recall ; Like charges repel, unlike charges attract. This phrase simply means (positive (+) is attracted to negative (-ve) and vuc versa while both positive, positive and negative, negative charge repel.

For a neutral object. The quantity of positive charge equals the quantity of negative charges. This simply means a neutral object contains charges as well, which are usually scattered or randomly aligned.

Therefore, when a positive charge is brought near a neutral body, the order of alignment of the charges change, with the negative charge all moving towards the direction of the positively charged body and the positive charges in the neutral body aligning in the opposite direction.