Certain bacteria (such as Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum) tend to swim toward the earths geographic north pole because they

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Certain bacteria (such as Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum) tend to swim toward the earth’s geographic north pole because they contain tiny particles, called magnetosomes, that are sensitive to a magnetic field. If a transmission line carrying 100 A is laid underwater, at what range of distances would the magnetic field from this line be great enough to interfere with the migration of these bacteria? (Assume that a field less than 5 percent of the earth’s field would have little effect on the bacteria. Take the earth’s field to be 5.0 x 10-5 T and ignore the effects of the seawater.)

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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0321696861

13th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, A. Lewis Ford

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