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Chapter 20 Problem 20.69

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This experiment takes steady hands, a dime, and a strong magnet. After verifying that a dime is not attracted to the magnet, carefully balance the coin on its edge. (This will not work with other coins, because they require too much force to topple them.) Hold one pole of the magnet within a millimeter of the face of the dime, but do not make contact with it. Now very rapidly pull the magnet straight back away from the coin. Which way does the dime tip? Does the coin fall the same way most of the time? Explain what is going on in terms of Lenzs law.

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Title College Physics 7 
Author Raymond A. Serway
ISBN 9780495113690

This experiment takes steady hands, a dime, and a strong

Chapter 20 textbook questions

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