Two long parallel horizontal rails a, a distance d aprt and each having a risistance `lambda` per unit length are joing at one end by a resistance R. A perfectly conduction rod MN of mass m is free to slide along the rails without friction (see figure). There is a uniform magnetic field of induction B normal to the plane of the paper and directed into the paper. A variable force F is applied to the rod MN such that, as the rod moves a constant current flows through R.

(i) Find the velocity of the rod and the applied force F as function of the distance x of the rod from R.
(ii) What fraction of the work done per second by F is converted into heat?

Answer

`[(a) (i(r+2 lamdax))/(Bd),m(( 2i^(2)lamda(R+2lamdax))/(B^(2)d^(2)))(b)(B^(3)d^(3))/(2milamda(R+2lamdax))]`