A 12-Kg Rod That Has a Length of 1

Multiple Choice

A 1.2-kg rod that has a length of 1.0 m and a resistance of 5.0 slides with constant speed down a pair of frictionless vertical conducting rails that are joined at the bottom.Other than the rod,the rest of the circuit is resistanceless.A uniform magnetic field of magnitude 3.0 T is perpendicular to the plane formed by the rod and the rails as shown.Determine the speed of the rod.

A) 0.38 m/s
B) 0.90 m/s
C) 2.6 m/s
D) 6.5 m/s
E) 8.7 m/s