Sinusoidal Wire A wire segment is bent into a sinusoidal shape with period of 2, which gives magnetic field in the vicinity of the wire which points in the positive z-direction y 0.5+ 0.5 fy- =sin(x) and the wire has length of 27 in the x-direction. The wire is carrying a current of 4.5 A in the direction shown in the figure. There is a with a magnitude given by B = Box, where Bo = 18.1 T/m. What is the y-component of the force on the wire segment?

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Sinusoidal Wire
A wire segment is bent into a sinusoidal shape with period of 2π, which gives y=sin(x) and the wire has length of 2 in the x-direction. The wire is carrying a current of 4.5 A in the direction shown in the figure. There is a
magnetic field in the vicinity of the wire which points in the positive z-direction with a magnitude given by B = Box, where Bo = 18.1 T/m. What is the y-component of the force on the wire segment?
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Transcribed Image Text:Sinusoidal Wire A wire segment is bent into a sinusoidal shape with period of 2π, which gives y=sin(x) and the wire has length of 2 in the x-direction. The wire is carrying a current of 4.5 A in the direction shown in the figure. There is a magnetic field in the vicinity of the wire which points in the positive z-direction with a magnitude given by B = Box, where Bo = 18.1 T/m. What is the y-component of the force on the wire segment? y 0.5+ 0.5 fy-
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