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State Lenz's law of electromagnetic induction.

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Lenz's law states that when an emf is generated by a change in magnetic flux according to Faraday's Law, the polarity of the induced emf is such, that it produces a current whose magnetic field opposes the change which produces it.
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( : Emf ; N : Number of turns ; : Magnetic Flux)
Here the negative sign is due to the Lenz's law.

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