A conductor suspended by two flexible wires as shown in the figure below has a mass per unit length of 0.0404 kg/m. + (a) What current must exist in the conductor for the tension in the supporting wires to be zero when the magnetic field is 3.94 T into the page? A (b) What is the required direction for the current? (We are looking for the direction of the current in the conductor.) O to the left O to the right O The magnitude is zero.

A conductor suspended by two flexible wires as shown in the figure below has a mass per unit length of 0.0404 kg/m. + (a) What current must exist in the conductor for the tension in the supporting wires to be zero when the magnetic field is 3.94 T into the page? A (b) What is the required direction for the current? (We are looking for the direction of the current in the conductor.) O to the left O to the right O The magnitude is zero.

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter24: Magnetic Fields

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 103A

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