Two long straight parallel wires run perpendicular to the page and carry steady…

PHYSICS · Multi-part · Fermi University Physics · Electricity, Magnetism & Electromagnetism · Magnetostatics · Magnetostatics

Electricity, Magnetism and Electromagnetism, Ch Ampère's law, magnetic flux and the shape of the magnetic field

Problem

Two long straight parallel wires run perpendicular to the page and carry steady currents: wire A carries 7.0 A7.0\,\mathrm{A} out of the page and wire B carries 3.0 A3.0\,\mathrm{A} into the page. A closed loop drawn in the plane of the page encircles both wires once and is traversed anticlockwise, so that by the right-hand rule its positive normal points out of the page. ((a)) Find the circulation ∮B⋅dl\oint \mathbf{B}\cdot d\mathbf{l} of the magnetic field round this loop. ((b)) Elsewhere, a flat square coil of 250250 turns and side 4.0 cm4.0\,\mathrm{cm} sits in a uniform magnetic field of magnitude 45 mT45\,\mathrm{mT}, with the normal to the coil's plane at 30∘30^\circ to the field. Find the magnetic flux through one turn. ((c)) Find the flux linkage NΦBN\Phi_B of that coil.

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