Before the plague, high population led to a lot of competition for jobs, which meant that employers could pay workers less. Is this social , political , or economic if so is it long term or short term

Renaldo and nasreen build an electromagnet by wrapping a wire around a nail and connecting the wire to both terminals of a battery. when they test the electromagnet, it can pick up 6 paper clips. their teacher wants all groups to pick up at least 10 paper clips. what could renaldo and nasreen do to increase the number of paper clips their electromagnet picks up?