Consider a conducting rod of length 31 cm moving along a pair of rails, and a magnetic field pointing perpendicular to the plane of the rails. At what speed (in m /s) must the sliding rod move to produce an emf of 0.75 V in a 1.75 T field?

The speed of the rod is 1.383 m/s

Explanation:

Given;

length of the conducting rod, L = 31 cm = 0.31 m

induced emf on the rod, emf = 0.75V

magnetic field around the rod, B = 1.75 T

Apply the following Faraday's equation for electromagnetic induction in a moving rod to determine the speed of the rod.

emef = BLv

where;

B is the magnetic field

L is length of the rod

v is the speed of the rod

v = emf / BL

v = (0.75) / (1.75 x 0.31)

v = 1.383 m/s

Therefore, the speed of the rod is 1.383 m/s