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title: "A bar magnet is released from rest above a fixed horizontal conducting loop and falls vertically along the central axis of the loop with its north pole oriented downward. The magnet passes completely through the loop and continues falling downward. As viewed from above looking downward, what are the directions of the induced current in the loop as the magnet approaches the loop from above and as the magnet recedes below the loop?"
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# A bar magnet is released from rest above a fixed horizontal conducting loop and falls vertically along the central axis of the loop with its north pole oriented downward. The magnet passes completely through the loop and continues falling downward. As viewed from above looking downward, what are the directions of the induced current in the loop as the magnet approaches the loop from above and as the magnet recedes below the loop?

A bar magnet is released from rest above a fixed horizontal conducting loop and falls vertically along the central axis of the loop with its north pole oriented downward. The magnet passes completely through the loop and continues falling downward. As viewed from above looking downward, what are the directions of the induced current in the loop as the magnet approaches the loop from above and as the magnet recedes below the loop?

![A horizontal circular loop drawn as a flat ellipse centered in the middle of the frame. Directly above the loop on its vertical central axis is a vertical rectangular bar magnet with a downward-pointing arrow labeled v next to it. The lower half of the bar magnet is labeled N and the upper half of the bar magnet is labeled S. A vertical dashed line passes along the axis through the center of the bar magnet and through the center of the loop. An eye icon labeled View from above sits directly above the top end of the vertical dashed line looking downward. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.](https://nerd-notes.com/wp-content/uploads/ubq-frq-generated/stem-fig-1-1787461175-KUfJ9G.jpg)

- **A.** Approaching: Clockwise; Receding: Counterclockwise
- **B.** Approaching: Clockwise; Receding: Clockwise
- **C.** Approaching: Counterclockwise; Receding: Clockwise
- **D.** Approaching: Counterclockwise; Receding: Counterclockwise

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