A surveyor is using a magnetic compass 6.1 m below a power line in which there is a steady current of 100 A. (a) What is the magnetic field at the site of the compass due to the power line? (b) Will this field interfere seriously with the compass reading? The horizontal component of Earths magnetic field at the site is 20 mT.
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Figure 29-81 shows a wire segment of length s 3.0 cm, centered at the origin, carrying current i ! 2.0 A in the positive y direction (as part of some complete circuit). To calculate the magnitude of the magnetic field produced by the segment at a point several meters from the origin, we can use B ! (m0/4p)i 's (sin u)/r2 as the BiotSavart law. This is because r and u are essentially constant over the segment. Calculate (in unit-vector notation) at the (x, y, z) coordinates (a) (0, 0, 5.0 m), (b) (0, 6.0 m, 0), (c) (7.0 m, 7.0 m, 0), and (d) (%3.0 m,%4.0 m,0).
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