A passenger aircraft with a wingspan of 70 m flies at a speed of perpendicularly…
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Problem
A passenger aircraft with a wingspan of 70 m flies at a speed of 160 ms−1 perpendicularly through the Earth's magnetic field of strength 1.1×10−5 T. Which of the following is the best estimate of the emf induced across the aircraft's wings?
(1) 1 mV
(2) 10 mV
(3) 100 mV
(4) 1 V