Why negative sighn in faraday law of electromagnetic induction?

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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?
 
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.