7. A bar magnet is held in a vertical orientation above a loop of wire that lies

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7. A bar magnet is held in a vertical orientation above a loop of wire that lies in the horizontal plane as shown in Figure OQ31.7. The south end of the magnet is toward the loop. After the magnet is dropped, what is true of the induced current in the loop as viewed from above? (a) It is clockwise as the magnet falls toward the loop. (b) It is counterclockwise as the magnet falls toward the loop. (c) It is clockwise after the magnet has moved through the loop and moves away from it. (d) It is always clockwise. (e) It is first counterclockwise as the magnet approaches the loop and then clockwise after it has passed through the loop.

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It is clockwise as the magnet falls toward the loop.

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