What Rate Must the Magnetic Field Change to Induce a Current of 0.18 A?

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A conducting loop of wire has an area of 6.9 10-4 m2 and a resistance of 110\Omega . Perpendicular to the plane of the loop is a magnetic field of strength 0.18 T. At what rate (in T/s) must this field change if the induced current in the loop is to be 0.18 A?

here's what I've done so far:

\theta = 0

i used Ohm's Law V = IR to find V which is the same as EMF, which came out to be 19.8 V. Then to find initial flux i used \phi_{i} = (.018T) (6.9 x 10^-4) (cos 0) and got 1.242 x 10^-4

this is where i think i might have gone wrong:

i'm assuming they are talking about a change over 1 second, so \Deltat = 1s

and N = 1 since it originally says "A conducting loop of wire"

so i set up the Emf formula like this: 19.8 V = (\phi_{f} - 1.242 x 10^-4) and solved for \phi_{f} and of course I'm not getting the right answer... any suggestions??
 
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Start by writing Faraday's law, which relates induced EMF with the rate of change of the flux through the loop.
 
Doc Al said:
Start by writing Faraday's law, which relates induced EMF with the rate of change of the flux through the loop.
i did: 19.8 = 1 ((\phi_{f} - 1.242E-4)/(1))

\midE\mid = 19.8 V
N = 1
\phi_{i} = 1.242E-4 T
\Deltat = 1s
 
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anyone else?
 
wr1015 said:
i did: 19.8 = 1 ((\phi_{f} - 1.242E-4)/(1))

\midE\mid = 19.8 V
N = 1
\phi_{i} = 1.242E-4 T
\Deltat = 1s

You are fiding the final flux but that`s not what they are asking. They want the rate of change of the magnetic field!
Use that {d \phi \over dt} = A cos \theta {d B \over dt}. In your case cos theta = 1. Set this equal to the emf induced and dolve for dB/dt and see if you get the correct answer. As far as I can tell, the initial B field is not needed.

Patrick
 
nrqed said:
You are fiding the final flux but that`s not what they are asking. They want the rate of change of the magnetic field!
Use that {d \phi \over dt} = A cos \theta {d B \over dt}. In your case cos theta = 1. Set this equal to the emf induced and dolve for dB/dt and see if you get the correct answer. As far as I can tell, the initial B field is not needed.

Patrick

ahh yes I don't why I thought finding the final flux was finding the rate of change :redface: thank you for clearing that up
 
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