Question

Predict the polarity of the plate a of the capacitor when a magnet is moved towards it

Answer 1

I Approached the problem as follows:

When Magnet 1 moves with its North pole towards the coil, emf is induced in the coil as the magnetic flux through the coil changes. So, when seeing from the left hand side (i.e. from magnet 1) the direction of induced current appears to be Anticlockwise. Though, on seeing from the left hand side, the South pole of magnet is coming towards, according to Lenz's Law the coil will behave like a South pole, thus the direction of current is Clockwise. I am stuck at this point. How shall I proceed?