An ohmic bar with mass m slides without friction on two parallel, perfectly conducting rails. A uniform magnetic field B points into the page as shown. Let R be the resistance of the bar over the length . Prove that the initial kinetic energy of the bar, 1 / 2 mν²₀, is completely dissipated into Joule heat as t →∞.

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