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A long straight wire in the horizontal plane carries a current of 50 A in north to south direction. Give the magnitude and direction of B at a point 2.5 m east of the wire.


Given,
Current carried by wire, I= 50 A
Distance from the wire, r = 2.5 m
Magnetic field at point r,  B = ?

Using ampere's circuital law
                       B = μ0I2πr = 4π×10-7×502π×2.5= 4 × 10-6T 

The direction of magnetic field can be found out by applying right hand thumb rule. As the direction of current is from north to south represented by thumb, the direction iof magnetic field is vertically upwards in east direction of wire.
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A solenoid 60 cm long and of radius 4.0 cm has 3 layers of windings of 300 turns each. A 2.0 cm long wire of mass 2.5 g lies inside the solenoid (near its centre) normal to the axis; both the wire and the axis of the solenoid are in the horizontal plane. The wire is connected through two leads parallel to the axis of solenoid to an external battery which supplies a current of 6.0 A in the wire. What value of current (with appropriate sense of circulation) in the windings of the solenoid can support the weight of the wire? g = 9.8 ms–2.

Given a solenoid.
Length of the solenoid,l = 60 cm = 0.60 m
Total number of turns, N = 3 x 300 = 900
Length of the wire,  l1 = 2.0 cm = 0.02 m
mass of the wire lying inside the solenoid,m 2.5 g = 2.5 x 10–3 kg
Current carried by the wire,I1 = 6.0 A 

Let, current I be passed through the solenoid windings, then,
Magnetic field produced inside the solenoid due to current is

                     B = μ0NIl 

Force acting on wire, =I1 l1   B = I1 l1μ0NIl 

The wire can be supported if the force on wire is equal to the weight of wire, i.e. 

               I1l1  μ0NIl=mg

            I = mglI1l1μ0N  = 2.5 × 10-3×9.8×0.66.0×(0.02)×(4π×10-7)×900
     
                 = 108.27 A


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A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0 cm carries a current of 0.40 A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field B at the centre of the coil?


Given,
Current carried by wire, I = 0.40 A,
Radius of circular wire, r = 8.0 cm = 8×10-2m
Number of turns in the coil, n = 100

Using the formula, we get the magnetic field at the centre of coil as

B = μ0nI2r = 4π×10-7×100×0.42×8.0×10-2T
               = 3.1 × 10-4T.
                        

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A long straight wire carries a current of 35 A. What is the magnitude of the field B at a point 20 cm from the wire?

Given,
Current carried by conductor, I = 35 A
Distance, r = 20 cm = 0.2 m

Using Ampere's circuital law we get, 

 B = μ0I2πr = 4π×10-7×352π×0.20T  = 3.5 × 10-5T.

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A horizontal overhead power line carries a current of 90 A in east to west direction. What is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field due to the current 1.5 m below the line?

Given, current, I= 90 A
distance ,r = 1.5 m
Thus,
the magnitude of magnetic field is given by Ampere's circuital law 

               B = μ0I2πr    = 4π×10-7×902π×1.5   = 1.2 × 10-5 T  

Applying the right-hand thumb rule, we find that the magnetic field at the observation point is directed towards south.

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