A long straight wire is held fixed in a horizontal position. A second parallel wire is 2.6 mm below the first but is free to fall under its own weight. The second wire is copper (density 8920 kg/m3), with diameter 1.6 mm. What equal current in both wires will suspend the lower wire against gravity
A long straight wire is held fixed in a horizontal position. A second parallel wire is 2.6 mm below the first but is free to fall under its own weight. The second wire is copper (density 8920 kg/m3), with diameter 1.6 mm. What equal current in both wires will suspend the lower wire against gravity
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![A long straight wire is held fixed in a horizontal position. A second parallel wire is 2.6 mm below the first but is free to fall
under its own weight. The second wire is copper (density 8920 kg/m3), with diameter 1.6 mm. What equal current in both
wires will suspend the lower wire against gravity](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F962e65d5-cde5-468f-9b9d-41b019bba6ab%2F12f93378-5e14-4d8a-9f6f-2aeebc1b8064%2Fsp51dh_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A long straight wire is held fixed in a horizontal position. A second parallel wire is 2.6 mm below the first but is free to fall
under its own weight. The second wire is copper (density 8920 kg/m3), with diameter 1.6 mm. What equal current in both
wires will suspend the lower wire against gravity
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