Does Lenz Law work for perpendicular-ness?

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I had a question regarding Lenz Law; if a magnet is moving past steel plates PERPENDICULAR (not parallel) to the magnet, will the effect of the induced current be as strong as if the plates were parallel to the magnet?

Another question is if you move a magnet past sets of iron plates, spaced not to far apart, will the magnet still move freely because it is not actually leaving the steel? Like the flux is just moving through the same amount of steel constantly so there is no pull?

http://nullium.fileave.com/mags.png

That shows what I'm after.

I'm wondering if Lenz Law and moving from one set of plates will slow it down tremendously...
 
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