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JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 2 · Physics · Magnetic Effects of Current · medium

Two long, smooth, horizontal conducting rails a distance l apart are connected at one end by a capacitor of capacitance C, and a uniform vertical…

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Two long, smooth, horizontal conducting rails a distance ll apart are connected at one end by a capacitor of capacitance CC, and a uniform vertical magnetic field BB exists everywhere. A light conducting rod of mass mm lies across the rails and is pulled from rest by a constant horizontal force FF along the rails; resistance is negligible. The charge on the capacitor at time tt is
  1. A. CBlFtm\dfrac{CBlFt}{m}
  2. B. CBlFtm+B2l2C\dfrac{CBlFt}{m+B^2l^2C}
  3. C. CBlFtm−B2l2C\dfrac{CBlFt}{m-B^2l^2C}
  4. D. 2CBlFtm+B2l2C\dfrac{2CBlFt}{m+B^2l^2C}
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Answer: (B) CBlFtm+B2l2C\dfrac{CBlFt}{m+B^2l^2C}

The motional emf BlvBlv is balanced entirely by the capacitor voltage because the resistance is negligible, so q=CBlvq=CBlv. The current is therefore i=dq/dt=CBl ai=dq/dt=CBl\,a, where aa is the rod's acceleration. The magnetic force on the rod opposes its motion with magnitude Bil=CB2l2aBil=CB^2l^2a. Newton's second law gives F−CB2l2a=maF-CB^2l^2a=ma, so a=Fm+B2l2Ca=\dfrac{F}{m+B^2l^2C}, a constant. Then v=atv=at and q=CBlv=CBlFtm+B2l2Cq=CBlv=\dfrac{CBlFt}{m+B^2l^2C}. The capacitor effectively adds an inertia B2l2CB^2l^2C to the mass. Option A is what one obtains by ignoring the magnetic braking force, and option C has the wrong sign for the added inertia.
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