Two identical steel balls mounted on wooden posts initially have different amounts of charge, one with - 14uC and the other with - 2uC. the balls are allowed to touch then separated again. what is the final charge on each ball?

According to the Law of Conservation of Charge, the net charge remains constant. If both things have different charges, upon contact, they would share the charge equally. In this case, the total charge is - 16μC. The final charge for each ball would be - 8 μC.