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A straight wire 15 cm long, carrying a current of 6.0 A, is in a uniform field of 0.40 T. What is the force on the wire when it is (a) at right angles to the field and (b) at the 30° to the field?
A)(a) 36 N (b) 0.36 N
B)(a) 0.36 N (b) 0.18 N
C)(a) 2.25 N (b) 0.16 N
D)(a) 0 N (b) 0.72 N
2
An ion (q=+2e) enters a magnetic field of 1.2 Wb/m2 at a velocity of 2.5 x 105m/s perpendicular to the field. Determine the force on the ion.
A)9.6 x 10-14 N
B)6.0 x 105 N
C)0 N
D)6.7 x 10-14 N
3
An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 3750 V. It enters a region where B=4.0 x 10-3 T perpendicular to its velocity. Calculate the radius of the path it will follow.
A)5.2 cm
B)5.3 x 10-6 m
C)1.8 x 108 m
D)1.4 x 10-9 m
4
An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 800 V. It then moves perpendicularily to a magnetic field of 30 G. Find the radius of its orbit and its orbital frequency.
A)(a) 3.0 x 10-6 m, (b) 1.2 x 10-8 Hz
B)(a) 2.9 x 10-7 m, (b) 0.84 Hz
C)(a) 3.2 cm, (b) 84 MHz
D)(a) 3.2 x 107 cm, (b) 12.7 x 10-15 Hz
5
Two long parallel wires are 4 cm apart and carry currents of 2 A and 6 A in the same direction. Compute the force between the wires per meter of wire length.
A)6.0 x 10-7 N/m, attraction
B)6.0 x 10-5 N/m, attraction
C)2.5 x 10-6 N/m, attraction
D)6.0 x 10-5 N/m, repulsion
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Two long fixed parallel wires, A and B, are 10 cm apart in air and carry 40 A and 20 A respectively, in opposite directions. Determine the resultant field (a) on a line midway between the wires and parallel to them and (b) on a line 8.0 cm from wire A and 18 cm from wire B (c) What is the force per meter on a third long wire, midway between A and B and in their plane, when it carries a current of 5.0 A in the same direction as the current in A.
A)(a) 8.0 x 10-4 T (b) 17.8 x 10-5 T (c) 1.2 x 10-3 N/m, toward B
B)(a) 2.4 x 10-4 T (b) 7.8 x 10-5 T (c) 1.2 x 10-3 N/m, toward A
C)(a) 2.4 x 10-6 T (b) 7.8 x 10-7 T (c) 0
D)(a) 1.2 x 10-4 T (b) 6.0 x 10-6 T (c) 2.1 x 104 N/m, toward A
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An ideal solenoid 50 cm long has 4000 loops wound on it. Compute B in its interior when a current of 0.25 A exists in the winding.
A)10.0 mT
B)2.5 mT
C)2.5 x 10-5 T
D)0.63 mT
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A certain electromagnet consists of a solenoid (5.0 cm long with 200 loops) wound on a soft-iron core that intensifies the field 130 times. (We say that the relative permeability of the iron is 130.) Find B within the iron when the current in the solenoid is 0.30 A.
A)4.9 x 10-4 T
B)0.20 T
C)2.0 mT
D)1.2 x 10-5 T
9
An electron is traveling horizontally east in Earth's magnetic field. What is the direction of the magnetic force on the particle?
A)Up
B)Down
C)West
D)Zero
10
We desire to measure the current through and the voltage across a resistor connected in a circuit. How should an ammeter and a voltmeter be connected to the resistor?
A)Both are connected in parallel with the resistor.
B)Both are connected in series with the resistor.
C)The ammeter is connected in series and the voltmeter is connected in parallel with the resistor.
D)The ammeter is connected in parallel and the voltmeter is connected in series with the resistor.







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