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A student designs an electromagnet, as shown in the picture. The electromagnet is only able to pick up 1 paper clip. List 2 modifications he could make to his electromagnet in order to enable it to pick up more paper clips.

A student designs an electromagnet, as shown in the picture. The electromagnet is-example-1

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-- Change the battery to one with higher voltage.

-- Wrap more turns of wire around the spike.

-- If the spike is made of anything else but iron, replace it with a pure iron one.