Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): When two isolated conducting spheres are connected by a wire, positive charge can flow from a sphere having a smaller positive charge to a sphere having a larger positive charge. Reason (R): The total electric charge of the two spheres remains conserved when they are connected by a wire. In the lig

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The direction of flow of positive charge between two conductors is determined by their electric potentials, not by their absolute amounts of charge. Positive charge always flows from a region of higher potential to a region of lower potential. The electric potential of a conducting sphere is given by V = kQ R . A sphere with a smaller charge Q can have a higher potential V if its radius R is sufficiently small. Therefore, positive charge can indeed flow from a sphere with a smaller charge to one with a larger charg