a. Suppose a wire carries a current of 2.00 A in a direction out of the page as shown in Figure 1. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field at a distande of 0.15 meters from the wire? The magnetic field forms circles about the wire. In the figure below sketch one of these circles taking care to show the direction of the magnetic field so that it may be discerned if the field circulates in the clockwise or counter- clockwise sense.

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a. Suppose a wire carries a current of 2.00 A in a direction out of the page as shown in
Figure 1. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field at a distande of 0.15 meters from the
wire? The magnetic field forms circles about the wire.
In the figure below sketch one of these circles taking care to show the direction of the
magnetic field so that it may be discerned if the field circulates in the clockwise or counter-
clockwise sense.
Transcribed Image Text:a. Suppose a wire carries a current of 2.00 A in a direction out of the page as shown in Figure 1. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field at a distande of 0.15 meters from the wire? The magnetic field forms circles about the wire. In the figure below sketch one of these circles taking care to show the direction of the magnetic field so that it may be discerned if the field circulates in the clockwise or counter- clockwise sense.
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Solution Part (a): The magnetic field due to a current carrying wire has given by,

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Where, Physics homework question answer, step 1, image 2is the magnetic permeability of free space, I is the current in wire, r is the distance.

So, the magnetic field can be calculated as,

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The direction of the magnetic field can be calculated by the right hand rule. By right hand rule as the current is outward the magnetic field due to current in wire will be counter-clockwise.

 

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