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The RL circuit below has a switch (not shown) which was open until t = 0, at which time the switch

was closed (meaning the current in the circuit was zero up until t = 0, and then it started flowing until

t = 0). Show that the rate that the induced EMF is doing work on the charges is

P=-LI dI / dt

Is this quantity positive or negative?

Fig: 1