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A wire in the form of a tightly wound solenoid is connected to a DC source and carries a current. If the coil is stretched so that there are gaps between successive elements of the spiral coil, will the current increase or decrease? Explain.

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This solution for this problem can be explained using Lenz’s law. The states that, in a conductor, the direction of induced EMF is such that it opposes it because that produced it. Here if the current-carrying tightly wound solenoid is stretched, the flux would try to leak through the gaps. Therefore, the system will try to oppose this decrease in magnetic flux and hence the current will increase.

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