Home circuit breakers have current capacities of about 10.0 A. How large a magnetic field would such a current produce 5.0 cm from a long wire’s center?  (2) A jumper cable is used to start a car that has a dead battery. The cable barely reaches the car and, so,  is outstretched in a straight line. The electric starter on the car draws 100 A. What is the magnetic field at a distance of 0.3 m from the cable?

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(1)  Home circuit breakers have current capacities of about 10.0 A. How large a magnetic field would such a current produce 5.0 cm from a long wire’s center? 

(2) A jumper cable is used to start a car that has a dead battery. The cable barely reaches the car and, so,  is outstretched in a straight line. The electric starter on the car draws 100 A. What is the magnetic field at a distance of 0.3 m from the cable? 

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