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]58. You’ve decided to make the magnetic projectile launcher shown in FIGURE P30.58 for your science project. An aluminum bar of length l slides along metal rails through a magnetic field B. The switch closes at
a. Show that the bar reaches a terminal speed
b. Evaluate
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