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Chapter 22 Problem 90GP

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Problem 90GP

Lightning Bolts A powerful bolt of lightning can carry a current of 225 kA. (a) Treating a lightning bolt as a long, thin wire, calculate the magnitude of the magnetic field produced by such a bolt of lightning at a distance of 35 m. (b) ff two such bolts strike simultaneously at a distance of 35 m from each other, what is the magnetic force per meter exerted by one bolt on the other?

Solution

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Here, we have to calculate the magnetic field at a distance of 35 m from the lightening bolt.

Given that,

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

Lightning Bolts A powerful bolt of lightning can carry a

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