Magnetics 3 Question 13
13. Two long straight parallel wires are apart, perpendicular to the plane of the paper.
The wire
(a) the magnitude and direction of the current in
(b) the magnitude of the magnetic field of induction at the point
(c) the force per unit length on the wire
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Solution:
- (a) Direction of current at
should be perpendicular to paper outwards. Let current in this wire be . Then,
or
or
(b) Since,
At
Since,
(c) Force per unit length on wire