Two long, parallel wires are 5.0 cm apart in vacuum and repel each other with a force…

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Moving Charges and Magnetism · Moving Charges and Magnetism

Problem

Two long, parallel wires are 5.0 cm apart in vacuum and repel each other with a force per unit length of 2.0×10−4 N m−12.0\times10^{-4}\,\text{N\,m}^{-1}. If one wire carries a current of 10 A, calculate the magnitude of the current in the other wire.

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