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A physics instructor performs a demonstration where a current-carrying wire is made to levitate. The wire...

A physics instructor performs a demonstration where a current-carrying wire is made to levitate. The wire has a mass per unit length of 0.590 g/cm and carries a current of 2.06 A horizontally to the south. Find the magnitude and direction of the minimum magnetic field needed to lift this wire vertically upward. (Enter the magnitude in T.)

Magnitude:?

Direction:?

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as we know

mg = Bi L

(m/L) g = B i

0.59* 10^-3 / 10^-2* 9.8 = B * 2.06

B = 0.2807 T

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field directed to the right

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