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Reading Quiz 32.3

Part A The magnetic field of a point charge is given by ANSWER: Biot-Savarts law. Einsteins law. Faradays law. Gauss's law Ampres law.

Reading Quiz 32.4

Part A The magnetic field of a straight, current-carrying wire is ANSWER: parallel to the wire. the wire. zero. inside the wire. perpendicular to the wire. around

Magnetic Field at the Center of a Wire Loop

A piece of wire is bent to form a circle with radius . It has a steady current flowing through it in a counterclockwise direction as seen from the top (looking in the negative direction). Part A What is , the z component of ) of the at

the center (i.e., loop? Part A.1 Part not displayed Part A.2 Part not displayed

Express your answer in terms of , , and . and constants like ANSWER: =

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Magnetic Field due to Semicircular Wires

A loop of wire is in the shape of two concentric semicircles as shown. The inner circle has radius ; the outer circle has radius . A current flows clockwise through the outer wire and counterclockwise through the inner wire. Part A What is the magnitude, , of the magnetic field at the center of the semicircles? Hint A.1 Hint not displayed Part A.2 Part not displayed Part A.3 Part not displayed Part A.4 Part not displayed Express in terms of any or all of the following: , , , and . = To see whether and makes

ANSWER:

sense, think of the scaling of different quantities. The size of the current element scales as the radius, whereas the power of in the denominator is 2 (and equals the radius also, in this case). So over all, you would expect the magnetic field to scale as 1/radius. Note that such an argument works only because the field due to each point is in the same direction, so you are doing a much simpler integral. Part B

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What is the direction of the magnetic field at the center of the semicircles? ANSWER: into the screen out of the screen

Problem 32.72
The figure is a cross section through three long wires with linear mass density 60.0 . They each carry equal currents in the directions shown. The lower two wires are 4.0 cm apart and are attached to a table. Part A What current will allow the upper wire to "float" so as to form an equilateral triangle with the lower wires? ANSWER: 261 A

Problem 32.8
Part A

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What is the magnetic field strength at the dot in the figure? ANSWER: 2.8310
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Force between Moving Charges

Two point charges, with charges and , are each moving with speed toward the origin. At the instant shown is at position (0, ) and is at ( , 0). (Note that the signs of the charges are not given because they are not needed to determine the magnitude of the forces between the charges.)

Part A

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What is the magnitude of the electric force between the two charges? Hint A.1 Hint not displayed Part A.2 Part not displayed Express in terms of = Part B What is the magnitude of the magnetic force on Hint B.1 due to the magnetic field caused by ? , , , and .

ANSWER:

Hint not displayed Part B.2 Part not displayed Part B.3 Part not displayed Hint B.4 Hint not displayed Express the magnitude of the magnetic force in terms of ANSWER: = Part C , , , , and .

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Assuming that the charges are moving nonrelativistically ( ), what can you say about the relationship between the magnitudes of the magnetic and electrostatic forces? Hint C.1 Hint not displayed ANSWER: The magnitude of the magnetic force is greater than the magnitude of the electric force. The magnitude of the electric force is greater than the magnitude of the magnetic force. Both forces have the same magnitude.

This result holds quite generally: Magnetic forces between moving charges are much smaller than electric forces as long as the speeds of the charges are nonrelativistic.