• At the moment when the switch S is opened, the current / starts to decrease in the solenoid P and magnetic flux through the solenoid Q decreases with time.
• According to Faraday's law an induced current due to induced emf will exist in solenoid Q.
• The induced current flows in solenoid Q must produce a magnetic field that oppose the change producing it (decrease in flux).
• Hence based on Lenz's law, the induced current flows in circuit consists of solenoid Q is clockwise (Figure 5.9b) and the galvanometer seen to deflect in the opposite direction of Figure 5.9a.