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Two separate but nearby coils are mounted along the same axis. A power supply controls the flow of current in the first coil, and thus the magnetic field it produces. The second coil is connected only to an ammeter. The ammeter will indicate that a current is flowing in the second coil:______.

a. only if the second coil is connected to the power supply by rewiring it to be in series with the first coil.
b. only when the current in the first coil changes.
c. whenever a current flows in the first coil.
d. only when a steady current flows in the first coil.

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Answer:

B. only when the current in the first coil changes

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because for current to be induced in the second coil they must be an change in current inyhe first coil in line with Faraday's first law of electromagnetic induction. Which state that whenever their is a change in magnetic lines of flux an emf is induced

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