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Question about faraday's law of induction?

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Thread starter Princess19
Start date Dec 8, 2010
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Princess19

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Dec 8, 2010

#1

If a positive sign were present in Faraday's law instead of a negative sign, this would lead to perpetual motion..

True or false?

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cragar

Dec 10, 2010

#2

I want to say yes . But hopefully someone can verify.

Studiot

Dec 10, 2010

#3

Good question.

And the answer may be a little different from what you expect.

Think about positive v negative feedback and growth without limit.

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