Question

Brady connected the lose wire to the battery and created an electromagnet as shown below. He picked up 45 thumb tacks with his electromagnet, though his goal was to pick up 50 thumb tacks. What could Brady do to increase the strength of his electromagnet and pick up more thumbtacks?

Answer 1

He will have to use two batteries instead of just one.

Step-by-step explanation:

The way Brady could increase the strength of his electromagnet and pick up more thumbtacks is for him to increase the current. He can achieve this either by adding a second battery or by adding more coils of wire.

This is because using 2 batteries will make the amount of current in the coils to increase and this will in turn produce a higher electromagnetic field in the nail.