Figure shows a car sticking to an electromagnet. Name the forces acting on the car. Which one of them is larger?</br><img class="alignnone wp-image-48615" src="https://flasheducation.online/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a-car-sticking-to-an-electromagnet-300x224.png" alt="" width="234" height="175" />

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Figure shows a car sticking to an electromagnet. Name the forces acting on the car. Which one of them is larger?

June 12, 2024

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Magnetic force (in the upward direction) and force of gravity or the weight of the car (downward). Magnetic force is larger than the force of gravity.

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Figure shows a car sticking to an electromagnet. Name the forces acting on the car. Which one of them is larger?

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