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pc_wizz

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"It is said that an electric motor acts as a motor and a generator at the same time. Explain this statement."

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I think it is refeering to back EMF, it acting as a motor is self explanitory, however because it moves a coil through a magnetic field an electrical force is created which opposes its motion.
 

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Could it mean that a generator can be used as a motor and vice versa, considering their strutural design - much like eachother.
 

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