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Chapter 19 Problem 19.16

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At a certain location, Earth has a magnetic eld of 0.60 104 T, pointing 75 below the horizontal in a northsouth plane. A 10.0-m-long straight wire carries a 15-A current. (a) If the current is directed horizontally toward the east, what are the magnitude and direction of the magnetic force on the wire? (b) What are the magnitude and direction of the force if the current is directed vertically upward?

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Title College Physics 7 
Author Raymond A. Serway
ISBN 9780495113690

At a certain location, Earth has a magnetic eld of 0.60

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