A square coil and a rectangular coil are each made from the same length of wire. Each contains a single turn. The longside of the rectangle is 1.6 times the short side. Find the ratio (τsquare/τrectangle) of the maximum torques that these coils experience in the same magnetic field when they contain the same current.

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A square coil and a rectangular coil are each made from the same length of wire. Each contains a single turn. The longside of the rectangle is 1.6 times the short side. Find the ratio (τsquare/τrectangle) of the maximum torques that these coils experience in the same magnetic field when they contain the same current.  

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The square coil and rectangular coil are made of the same length of wire. 

The long side of the rectangular is 1.6 times the short side.

 

When the electric current flows through the coil which developed a magnetic field which experiences the torque

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