CHAPTER 12 DRILL

1. D I is false: The magnetic field lines due to a current-carrying wire encircle

the wire in closed loops. II is also false: Since the magnetic force is always
perpendicular to the charged particle’s velocity vector, it can do work on the
charged particle; therefore, it cannot change the particle’s kinetic energy. III,
however, is true: If the charged particle’s velocity is parallel (or
antiparallel) to the magnetic field lines, then the particle will feel no
magnetic force.

2. C The magnitude of the magnetic force is FB = qvB, so the acceleration of the

particle has magnitude

3. D By the right-hand rule, the direction of FB is out of the plane of the page
(since the particle carries a negative charge).

4. E Since FB is always perpendicular to v, v cannot be upward or downward in

the plane of the page; this eliminates (B) and (C). The velocity vector also
cannot be to the right, as it is in (A), since then v would be antiparallel to B,
and FB would be zero. Using the right-hand rule, v must be into the plane of
the page.

5. A The magnetic force provides the centripetal force on the charged particle.
Therefore,

6. A The strength of the magnetic field at a distance r from a long, straight

wire carrying a current I is proportional to I /r; that is, B is inversely

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 proportional to r. So, at the distance from the wire, the magnetic field will
be twice as strong.

7. E The magnetic force provides the centripetal force on the charged particle. It
follows that

Increasing m or v, or decreasing q or B, would make r larger, not

smaller. Therefore, the answer must be (E).

8. D The magnetic field B cannot be in the plane of the page (because both v and
FB are), so we can eliminate (A), (B), and (C). If B pointed into the plane of
the page, it’s easy to see that the right-hand rule tells us that FB would point
upward in the plane of the page. Therefore, B must point out of the plane of
the page.

9. E Since v is perpendicular to B, the strength of the magnetic force, FB , is just

qvB, where q is the magnitude of the charge. In this case, then, we find that
FB = (0.04 C)(2 × 104 m/s)(0.5 T) = 400 N

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