Question

2. The drawing shows an end-view of two wires. They are long, straight, and perpendicular to the plane of the paper. Their cross sections lie at the corners of a 0.60-m square. The current in wire (1) is going into the page and it is equal to 12.0 A and the current in wire (2) is going out of the page and it is equal to 8.00 A respectively. What is the magnitude of the magnetic force on each wire? Wire 1 Wire 2

Answer 1

We know that: d = 0.600 m I = 12.00 A I_1 = 8.00 A } Provided values d = a/squareroot 2 d = a/squareroot 2 = 0.600 m/squareroot 2 d = 0.42426 m B (Net) = (4 pi times 10^-7) times (12.0 A - 8.00 A)/(2 times pi times 0.42426 m) B(Net) = 1.885618083 times 10^-6 T (1.885618083 times 10^-6 T)