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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 20 Problem 8P

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(II) Suppose a straight 1.00-mm-diameter copper wire could just “float” horizontally in air because of the force due to the Earth’s magnetic field \(\vec{B}\), which is horizontal, perpendicular to the wire, and of magnitude \(5.0 \times 10^{-5} T\). What current would the wire carry? Does the answer seem feasible? Explain briefly.

Solution

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The given data of the copper wire, the diameter of wire is, magnetic field is  and. The magnetic force is express as,

                                             

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

Solved: (II) Suppose a straight 1.00-mm-diameter copper

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