(a) What is the direction of the force on a wire carrying a current due east in...

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(a) What is the direction of the force on a wire carrying a current due east in a location where the Earth's field is due north? Both are parallel to the ground.

(b) Calculate the force per meter if the wire carries 20.0 A and the field strength is 3.00 × 10-5 T.

(c) What diameter copper wire would have its weight supported by this force?

(d) Calculate the resistance per meter and the voltage per meter needed.

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Physics

ISBN: 978-1118486894

10th edition

Authors: David Young, Shane Stadler

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