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Chapter 28 Problem 62P

Question

Problem 62P

A long, straight wire carries a current of 5.20 A. An electron is traveling in the vicinity of the wire. At the instant when the electron is 4.50 cm from the wire and traveling with a speed of 6.00 × 104 m/s directly to word the wire, what are the magnitude and direction (relative to the direction of the current) of the force that the magnetic field of the current exerts on the electron?

Solution

Solution 62P

The expression for magnetic field due to a long, straight current carrying conductor at a distance  from the conductor is given by …..(1), where I is the current in the conductor.

Once we calculate the magnetic field, we can calculate the force exerted by the magnetic field of the current.

Let us have a look at the following figure to understand the situation.

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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

Solved: A long, straight wire carries a current of 5.20 A.

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