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Answer the following: A man fixes outside his house one evening a two metre high insulating slab carrying on its top a large aluminium sheet of area $1m^2$. Will he get an electric shock if he touches the metal sheet next morning?

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Yes, the man will get an electric shock if he touches the metal slab next morning. The steady discharging current in the atmosphere charges up the alurnlniurn sheet. As a result, its voltage rises gradually. The raise in the voltage depends on the capacitance of the capacitor formed by the aluminium slab and the ground.

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