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Use Lenz's law to determine the direction of induced current in the situations described by the following figures.

a. A wire of irregular shape turning into a circular shape,
b. A circular loop being deformed into a narrow straight wire.

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a. By right hand thumb rule, the current direction is along adcba.
b. Here current direction is opposite to that in along a.d.c.b.a.
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