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A piece of insulated wire is shaped into a figure eight as shown
in the figure below. For simplicity, model the two halves of the
figure eight as circles. The radius of the upper circle is 4.00 cm
and that of the lower circle is 8.00 cm. The wire has a uniform
resistance per unit length of 7.00 Ω/m. A uniform magnetic field is
applied perpendicular to the plane of the two circles, in the
direction shown. The magnetic field is increasing at a constant
rate of 1.60 T/s.
Resistance per unit length is
Rate of increase in magnetic field
Radius of upper circle
Radius of lower circle
Resistance of the wire is
Flux through the wire is
For lower circle
For upper circle
Induced EMF Induced current is
The magnetic field is increasing and is into the page, By Lenz's law the direction of current opposes the changing magnetic field that produced it. So for the larger circle direction of induced current is counter clockwise and so for the smaller upper loop its direction is clockwise.
Direction of induced current is counter clockwise in lower loop , and clockwise in upper loop.