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A conducting loop is shrunk in a uniform magnetic field. The induced current flows in a direction to oppose what change?

**Faraday's first law** emf induced when flux linking coil changes, second law magnitude proportional to rate of change, e = -dΦ/dt, for N turns e = -N dΦ/dt, flux Φ = B A cosθ, change can be due to B change, A change, or θ change, all produce emf. Shrinking the loop decreases the magnetic flux through it. Lenz’s law states the induced current opposes this decrease by creating a field in the same direction as the original field. Using Φ = B A cosθ, e = -N dΦ/dt = -N A dB/dt = B l v = N B A ω sinωt, L =

Ref: NCERT > Physics Book > Electromagnetic Induction > Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Laws of Induction