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1
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) 0.31 N
C)(a) 2.25 N (b) 0.31 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 105 m/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 106 m, (b) 2.7 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)1.0 x 10-5 T, attraction
D)6.0 x 10-5 N/m, repulsion
6
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 10-5 T (b) 1.2 x 10-4 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) 5.6 x 10-6 T (c) 2.1 x 104 N/m, toward A
7
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
8
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 10-5 T
B)0.20 T
C)2.0 mT
D)1.2 x 10-5 T
9
An electron is traveling horizontally east at the equator. What is the direction of the magnetic force on the particle?
A)Up
B)Down
C)West
D)Zero







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