Calc EMF Induced in Flat Circular Coil: 100T, 10cm Radius

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A flat, circular coil has 100 turns of wire, each of radius 10cm. A uniform magnetic field exists in a direction perpendicular to plane of coil. The field is increasing at a rate of 0.1 T/s. Calculate the EMF induced in the coil.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm awful with electromagnetism.
 
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Do you know Faraday's law? This is a pretty straight forward application of Faraday's law. Just do the EMF induced in 1 turn of the wire, and then multiply by 100 since there's 100 turns. It's just that simple.
 
It's finding the EMF induced in one turn that's the problem. I know EMF=-d[tex]\Phi[/tex]/dt but I don't know how to find that when I'm just given the rate of increase of B.
 
[tex]\Phi=\int_S{BdA}[/tex]

Now, since the B field is constant over that surface, and is perpendicular to that surface:

[tex]\Phi=B*A[/tex]

Therefore

[tex]\frac{d\Phi}{dt}=\frac{d(B*A)}{dt}[/tex]

Can you figure it out from there?
 
Thanks for your help. Iurns out I was using the circumference rather than the area, which was giving me the wrong answer!