A 6000-dm length of wire stretches between two posts and carries a 0.0124-mA current. Find the magnitude of the force on the wire due to the Earth's magnetic field of 6.62E-5 which makes an angle of 68° with the wire.

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(2) Please don't write on a paper. I can't understand handwritten. A 6000-dm length of wire stretches between two posts and carries a 0.0124-mA current. Find the magnitude of the force on the wire due to the Earth's magnetic field of 6.62E-5 which makes an angle of 68° with the wire.
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