For mutual inductance, we take two coils. One with \(N_{1}\) turns and the other with \(N_{2}\) turns. When we pass current through coil 1 , the magnetic field created by the coil increases in magnitude and the magnetic field lines will also go through coil 2 and create an increasing magnetic flux. The increase in magnetic flux in one direction causes the induced current to create a magnetic field going in the opposite direction to reduce the increasing magnetic flux.
Therefore, as we increase the current in coil 1, the magnitude of the magnetic field goes up and the flux in one direction increases creating an induced EMF across the second coil.
The induced EMF in coil \(2, \varepsilon_{2}\) is given as:
\(\varepsilon_{2}=M_{12} \frac{d i_{1}}{d t}\)
Where,
\(M_{12}=\) mutual inductance coefficient.
\(\frac{d i}{d t}=\) change in current per unit time in coil \(1 .\)
The unit of mutual inductance is Henry.
This mutual inductance is expressed as:
\(M=\frac{\mu_{0} N_{1} N_{2} A}{l}\)
Where,
\(N_{1}=\) number of turns in coil \(1\)
\(N_{2}=\) number of turns in coil \(2\).
\(A=\) area of coils
\(l=\) length of coil
Here, we have
\(N_{1}=300, N_{2}=400, A=10 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}=10 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~m}^{2}\) and
\(l=20 \mathrm{~cm}=0.2 \mathrm{~m}\)
Also given that \(\mu_{0}=4 \pi \times 10^{-7} \mathrm{TmA}{ }^{-1}\).
Substituting these values in formula of mutual inductance, we get
\(\Rightarrow M=\frac{\left(4 \pi \times 10^{-7}\right) 300.400\left(10^{-3}\right)}{0.2}\)
On simplifying, we get
\(\Rightarrow M=4 \pi(6) 10^{-5}\)
\(\Rightarrow M=24 \pi \times 10^{-5}\)
\(\therefore M=2.4 \pi \times 10^{-4} H\)
Thus, the mutual inductance is equal to \(2.4 \pi \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{H}\).