A powerful bolt of lightning can carry a current of 225 kA. (a) Treating a lightning bolt
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A powerful bolt of lightning can carry a current of 225 kA.
(a) Treating a lightning bolt as a long, thin wire, calculate the magnitude of the magnetic field produced by such a bolt of lightning at a distance of 35 m.
(b) If two such bolts strike simultaneously at a distance of 35 m from each other, what is the magnetic force per meter exerted by one bolt on the other?
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