(a) Calculate the exact value of the modulus of the magnetic field generated by the current at the point (x=1m; y=-1m). (b) Answer question (a) in the infinite thread approximation. (c) What is the percentage difference between the answers in (a) and (b)?

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The finite thread equation versus the infinite thread equation.
A current of 3A flows in a straight wire from point (x=4m; y=0) to point (x=-4m; y=0).
(a) Calculate the exact value of the modulus of the magnetic field generated by the current at the point (x=1m; y=-1m).
(b) Answer question (a) in the infinite thread approximation.
(c) What is the percentage difference between the answers in (a) and (b)?

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