Why negative sighn in faraday law of electromagnetic induction?

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The discussion centers on the negative sign in Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction, which represents Lenz's Law. This law states that the induced electromotive force (EMF) opposes the change that produces it, ensuring the conservation of energy. For instance, when a magnet is pushed towards a coil, the induced current creates a magnetic field that repels the magnet. Removing the negative sign would violate energy conservation principles and lead to contradictions with observed phenomena.

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pleasezzzzzz anyone can clear me on this point:
why -ve sighn comes in faraday law of electro magnetic induction?what is it sighnificance?if in answer value of induce EMF become -ve than what will be its direction.
 
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The minus sign expresses Lenz's law which in turn expresses the conservation of energy..."the induced emf is in a direction such that it opposes the change producing it".As an example if you push a magnet towards a coil on closed circuit the induced current will cause the coil to become magnetised in a direction such that it repels the magnet.The work done in overcoming this repulsion is converted to electrical energy.
 
if the -ve sighn is removed then what will be done with this law?
 
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i mean that if we assume that lenz's law is wrong then what will happen?
 
waqarrashid33 said:
i mean that if we assume that lenz's law is wrong then what will happen?
For one thing, energy will not be conserved--you'll have a source of "free" energy.
 
waqarrashid33 said:
i mean that if we assume that lenz's law is wrong then what will happen?
Then we get a contradiction between what the law says and what is actually observed.
 

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