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Chapter 12, Problem 66AP

A current I flows around a wire bent into the shape of a square of side a. What is tire magnetic field at the point P that is a distance z above the center of the square (see the accompanying figure)?

Chapter 12, Problem 66AP, A current I flows around a wire bent into the shape of a square of side a. What is tire magnetic

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