In the figure below, a metal rod is forced to move with constant velocity  along two parallel metal rails, connected with a strip of metal at one end. A magnetic field  = 0.370 T points out of the page.         (a) If the rails are separated by 28.0 cm and the speed of the rod is 70.0 cm/s, what emf is generated?

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In the figure below, a metal rod is forced to move with constant velocity  along two parallel metal rails, connected with a strip of metal at one end. A magnetic field  = 0.370 T points out of the page.

 
 
 
 
(a) If the rails are separated by 28.0 cm and the speed of the rod is 70.0 cm/s, what emf is generated?
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(b) If the rod has a resistance of 16.0 Ω and the rails and connector have negligible resistance, what is the current in the rod? (Include the sign, taking counterclockwise to be positive.)
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(c) At what rate is energy being transferred to thermal energy?
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