IB skill practice

Apply Lenzs law to induction contexts

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 5

Motional emf and Lenz direction

A rod in a falling magnet investigation of length \(0.18\,\text{m}\) moves at \(1.6\,\text{m s}^{-1}\) perpendicular to a \(0.41\,\text{T}\) field. Calculate motional emf. Enter the numerical result and choose the interpretation that matches the field physics.

Worked practice: physics data and result

Read the physical quantities first, then calculate the result and state what it means.