I understand the Lenz Law is such that it tells us that the induced current must be in a direction that makes the end of the solenoid facing the magnet behave as a North Pole to repel the magnet’s North Pole thus it’s motion is opposed. Since Lenz’s law is a consequence of the principle of the conservation of energy. A magnet that is pushed into the coil is repelled. What I can’t seem to understand is the direction of the induced current. I’ve been told that the direction is clockwise, not counter clockwise. A teacher told me to use the Right Hand Grip Rule, but the way how I see it when I do it, I am seeing it in the counter clockwise direction. The question is: looking from the AC end, what is the direction of the induced current. Can someone please explain to me how the induced current is going in the clockwise direction?

I understand the Lenz Law is such that it tells us that the induced current must be in a direction that makes the end of the solenoid facing the magnet behave as a North Pole to repel the magnet’s North Pole thus its motion is opposed. Since Lenz’s law is a consequence of the principle of the conservation of energy. A magnet that is pushed into the coil is repelled. What I can’t seem to understand is the direction of the induced current. I’ve been told that the direction is clockwise, not counter-clockwise. A teacher told me to use the Right Hand Grip Rule, but the way how I see it when I do it, I am seeing it in the counterclockwise direction. The question is: looking from the AC end, what is the direction of the induced current? Can someone please explain to me how the induced current is going in the clockwise direction?