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A voltmeter shows a reading of -5mV as a voltage is induced in a coil by moving a magnet into the coil. What will the voltmeter read as the magnet is moved out of the coil again?

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A voltmeter shows a reading of -5mV as a voltage is induced in a coil by moving a magnet into the
coil. What will the voltmeter read as the magnet is moved out of the coil again?

A voltmeter shows a reading of -5mV as a voltage is induced in a coil by moving a magnet into the coil. What will the voltmeter read as the magnet is moved out of the coil again?

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Hence, when we move the magnet out of the coil, the voltmeter will shift to a reading of +5mV.

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According to Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, if a voltage is induced in a coil by changing the magnetic field, the voltage will be reversed if the direction of the change in magnetic field is also reversed. When we move a magnet into a coil, we are increasing the magnetic field, and when we move it out, we are decreasing the magnetic field.<br /><br />Suppose the voltmeter reading was -5mV when the magnet was moved in, indicating that the direction of current or the induced voltage, is negative (since conventional current flows from high voltage, positive, to low voltage, negative). For the case of pulling the magnet away from coil, the change in direction would result in an opposite polarity to that when the magnet was moved in.
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