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Textbook Solutions for Fundamentals of Physics Extended

Chapter 29 Problem 1

Question

Figure 29-23 shows three circuits, each consisting of two radial lengths and two concentric circular arcs, one of radius r and the other of radius R > r. The circuits have the same current through them and the same angle between the two radial lengths. Rank the circuits according to the magnitude of the net magnetic field at the center, greatest first.

Solution

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The Biot-Savart’s law states that the differential magnetic field intensity dH produced at a point P by the differential current element IdL is proportional to the product of IdL and the sine of the angle q between the element and the line joining the P to the element and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance R between P and the element.

\(\begin{aligned}
d H & \propto \frac{I d L \sin \alpha}{R^{2}} A / m \\
& =\frac{I d L \times a,}{4 \pi r^{2}} \\
& =\frac{I d L \times R}{4 \pi R^{3}}
\end{aligned}\)

After the integration above expression can be written as

\(H=\oint \frac{I d L \times a}{4 \pi R^{2}} A / m\)

Where \(a_{r}=\) unit vector pointing from the different elements of current to the point of interest.

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Title Fundamentals of Physics Extended 9 
Author David Halliday
ISBN 9780470469088

Figure 29-23 shows three circuits, each consisting of two

Chapter 29 textbook questions

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