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In the figure, current i=56.2 mA is set up in a loop having two radial lengths and two semicircles of radii a=5.72 cm and b=8.57cm with a common center P . What are the (a) magnitude and (b) direction (into or out of the page) of the magnetic field at P and the (c) magnitude and (d) direction of the loop's magnetic dipole moment? 

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A wire with current i=9.50 A is shown in the figure. Two semi-infinite straight sections, both tangent to the same circle with radius is 1.65 cm, are connected by a circular arc that has a central angle θ and runs along the circumference of the circle. The arc and the two straight sections all lie in the same plane. If the magnetic field is B=0 at the circle's centre, what is θ? 

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Two long straight thin wires with current lie against an equally long plastic cylinder, at radius R=4.0 cm from the cylinder's central axis. Figure a shows, in cross-section, the cylinder and wire 1 but not wire 2 . With wire 2 fixed in place, wire1 is moved around the cylinder, from angle θ1=0° to angle θ1=180°, through the first and second quadrants of the xy coordinate system. The net magnetic field B at the center of the cylinder is measured as a function of θ1. Figure b gives the x component Bx of that field as a function of θ1 (the vertical scale is set by Bxs=6.0 μT), and Fig. c gives the y component By (the vertical scale is set by Bys=7.2×10-6 T). (a) At what angle θ2 is wire 2 located? What are the (b) size and (c) direction (into or out of the page) of the current in wire 1 and the (d) size and (e) direction of the current in wire 2 ? 

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Two long straight wires are parallel and are 16 cm apart. They are to carry equal currents such that the magnetic field at a point halfway between them has the magnitude of 450 μT.  

(a) Should the currents be in the same or opposite directions?
(b) How much current is needed?

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The figure shows, in cross-section, four thin wires that are parallel, straight, and very long. They carry identical currents in the directions indicated. Initially, all four wires are at distance d=15.0 cm from the origin of the coordinate system, where they create a net magnetic field B(a) To what value of x must you move wire 1 along the x axis in order to rotate B counterclockwise by 50°? (b) With wire 1in that new position, to what value of x must you move wire 3 along the x axis to rotate B by 50° back to its initial orientation? [Use tan50°=1.192]

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 At a certain location in the Philippines, Earth's magnetic field of  39 μT is horizontal and directed due north. Suppose the net field is zero exactly 2.0 cm above a long, straight, horizontal wire that carries a constant current. What are the (a) magnitude and (b) direction of the current?