The magnetic field due to the current in the wire, at a point a distance l' from the wire, is about one-sixth the magnitude of the Earth's field. The current must be from west to east to produce a field which is directed due south.
The magnetic field due to the current in the wire, at a point a distance l' from the wire, is about one-sixth the magnitude of the Earth's field. The current must be from west to east to produce a field which is directed due south.
The magnetic field due to the current in the wire, at a point a distance l' from the wire, is about one-sixth the magnitude of the Earth's field. The current must be from west to east to produce a field which is directed due south.
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(a) The maguitude of the maguetic field due to the eurreat in the wire, at a point a distance r from
the wire, is given ty
peta
With r= 20% = 610m, we find
(iz 1077 m/Aj(100.4) _
redo) Sq0"T
B 3yT
(b) Thisis about one-sixth the magnitude of the Earth's field, It will afect the compass reading.
(a) The field dueto the wire, ar a point 8.0cmn from the wire, must be 30 j/T and must be directeel due
south, Since B = jigi/2rr
QrrB _ Qr(0.080 m)(30 < 10-8T)
Jo ee TE
6A
(b) The current must be from west to east to produce a field whic is directed southward ot polnts
below it.
We assum: the current fows im the 4 direction and the particle isat some distance din the 4-y direction
(way from tke wits), Then, the magnetic fied at the location of the charge q is
pot
Ord
Thus,
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(a) In this sination, # = o(-i) (Where w is the speed and is « postive value). Abe, the preblers
specifies q> 0. This,
pe Hl /¢ 3) g) ane
PRE (Cit) Sar
Thich tells us that F, ins a magnitude of jryiqe/2ni and is in the direction opposite to that of the
current tow
(b) Now the direction iis reverse, and we cbtain F = +iuigei/2nd. The magnitude is identical to
‘hat fount in past (a, but the direction of the force fs now in the satue direction as that of the
current tow
Each of the semi-infinite straight wires coutributes prpi/4r 2 (Bq. 30-9) to the fiell at the center of the
tircle (boch contributions pointing “out of the page"). The current in the are contributes a tenn given
by Eq, 2-11 pointing into the page, and this it able te produce zero total ficld at that locstion if
Bare = 2Bremioins
ste da
(eR)
whieh winks o)—9 ad
aR
Recalling the struight sections discussion in Semple Problem 30-1, we sce that the current in the straight
seuiucuts colincar with P do uot eoutribute to the fick at that poiut, Using Eq. S011 (with @ = 0)
‘and the right-hand rule, we find that the current ia the semicireular arc of ratius b coatribtes pgif/ 4rd
(out of the page) to the fell at P. Also, the current in the large radins are contributes pnid/Aa (into
the page) to the field there, Thus, the net field at P is
a (2 1)
Be (42) ont ot te pase
ae Aba pest
(Ow 2 axis sm Uh wie wi te ovina the midst, "The cue Haws in the postive»
the Bit Sate lt gna of Bok ny Ciniitesimal) ste pte at Pi ive by
here 0 (the sngletetwson the seat nd Hine des ren the spun to) ud (he tensth
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quite similar to that of an infinitely long wit:18, Dur x axis is along the wire with the origin at the right endpoint, and the current is ia the positive 2
lircetion, Allsogmonts of the wire produce maguctie fields st P, that ate out of the pags, Ascording to
the Biot-Savart law, the magnitude of the field any (infinitesimal) segment precluces at P,
is given by
svhers 0 (the angle between the sgn and a line drawn fom the segment to P) al (the length
of that line) ste fimetions of =. Replacing r with v"-+RF and sind with Rjr = R/VFEE RE, we
intoorate from 2 = toe =0. The total field
B
2 f° dr ih As
LER ae GE
15, We imagine the square loop in the v2 plane (with its center at the origia) and the evaluation point for
the field being along Uke w aacs (as suguested by the notation in the problem). The origin is a distance
{9/2 from each side of the squareloop, s0 the distance froma the evaluation point to each side of the square
is, by the Pythagorean theoret
at lea
R= Vp ae = Vere
Only the 2 components of the fields (contributed by each side) will contzibute to the final resut (other
components cancel in pairs), so a trigonometric factor of
a2 a
Te
multiplies the expression ef the field given by the result of problem 11 (for each side of length L = a),
Since there are four sides, we find
20 (2) (=r) (=) a
‘which simples to the desired yes), Tt is straiht forward to set 2
express found 'n problei 12 (noting that 1)
19, Consider a section of te ribbon of thickness dx located a distance a away from pint P. The current it
carts is di ~ idz/w, and its contribution to By is
pid pon
Ore
ios ph
tel F
and By points upwate
21. (a) IF the currents are parallel, the two fiekds are in opposite dicections in the razion between the wices.
Since the currents are the same, the total field is zero along the line that runs haley between the
wires, There is no possible current for which the field does not vanish,
Bp
Tins,
(b) If the curretss are anviparallel, the flelds ate in the sane diection iu tie region benween Uke wites.
At a point Lalfvay between they have the same magnitude, pigi/2rr. Thus the total file at the
midpoint has magnitude 8 = yy /sr and
srB _ x(0.0u0my(a00 x 10-63)
Ty ado Dama
=20423. Using the right-hand cule, we see that the current i caried by wire 2 must be out of the page. Now
Byr = pis Par where ty = 605A and my = O.75em-+ Lem = 2.250m, and Byy = piyia/2rr2 where
ry = 15cm. Brom Bp, = Bps we got
m2) — ¢ayay( 220m
(=) = (zi)
25, Each wire produces a field with magnitude given by B = ioi/2nr, whene 1 is the distance fom the
corner of the square to the center. According to the Pythagorean theorem, the dlagoual of the square
huas length 9a, so r= a/yBatsl B= pict Ira, The fields due tothe wires at the upper let aud lower
right corners both poiat toward the upper right corner of the square. The fickls duc to the wires at the
upper right aud lower Ieft corners both point towaed the upper left corner, he borizental compoueas
cancel and tLe vertical components sn 10
EEN
=s0 x10 7
In the calculation cos45° was replaced with 1/v3 The total field points upward.
27, We use Eq. 20-15 and the superposition of forces: Fy = Fi + Foy + Fos. With @ = 45°, the situation is
as shown below:
The components of Fr are given by
Fu = Fis Fucost
bot? ji? cos45°
2Vra
Tins,
ace onyyn [CRY (GE) et
and F, raakes an angle 6 with the positive 2 axis, where
= 109"