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Chapter 28 Problem 7DQ

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In deriving the force on one of the long, current-carrying conductors in Section 28.4, why did we use the magnetic field due to only one of the conductors? That is, why didn’t we use the total magnetic field due to both conductors?

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The first step in solving 28 problem number trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: In deriving the force on one of the long, current-carrying conductors in Section 28.4, why did we use the magnetic field due to only one of the conductors? That is, why didn’t we use the total magnetic field due to both conductors?
From the textbook chapter Sources of Magnetic Field you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

In deriving the force on one of the long, current-carrying

Chapter 28 textbook questions

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