Question

What is meant by additivity of charge?

Answer 1

Additivity of charge is a property by virtue of which total charge of a system is obtained simply by adding algebraically all the charges present anywhere on the system. It means charges are scalars like the mass of a body and are added by simple laws of Mathematics.

Answer 2

Answer:

Additivity of charge means the total charge on a system is the algebraic sum (with proper signs) of all individual charges in the system.

Explanation:

Additivity of charge means the total charge on a system is the algebraic sum (with proper signs) of all individual charges in the system. .