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==Problem==
==Problem==
A DC generator is built using a metal cart with metallic wheels that travel around a set of perfectly conducting rails in a large circle. The rails are L m apart and there is a uniform magnetic <math>\vec B</math> field normal to the plane as shown in Figure 1. The cart has a mass m and is driven by a rocket engine having a constant thrust F. A resistor R is connected as a load. Find The current as a function of time. What is the current after the generator attains the steady-state condition?
A DC generator is built using a metal cart with metallic wheels that travel around a set of perfectly conducting rails in a large circle. The rails are L m apart and there is a uniform magnetic <math>\vec B</math> field normal to the plane as shown in Figure 1. The cart has a mass m and is driven by a rocket engine having a constant thrust F. A wet polar bear lays dead across the tracks acting as if a resistor R is connected as a load. Find The current as a function of time. What is the current after the generator attains the steady-state condition?


Figure 1 will be shown here
Figure 1 will be shown here

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Problem

A DC generator is built using a metal cart with metallic wheels that travel around a set of perfectly conducting rails in a large circle. The rails are L m apart and there is a uniform magnetic field normal to the plane as shown in Figure 1. The cart has a mass m and is driven by a rocket engine having a constant thrust F. A wet polar bear lays dead across the tracks acting as if a resistor R is connected as a load. Find The current as a function of time. What is the current after the generator attains the steady-state condition?

Figure 1 will be shown here


Solution