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Question

ed way to receive credit. Please show You must show and explain all work in a neat and organi each step for calculationS. YOU MUST TURN IN THIS SHEET 1. The figure shows an end view of two wires carrying current. means that the direction of the current points into the page and means out of the page. What is the direction of the force that wire 1 exerts on wire 2? (5 pts) 2. Refer to the figure in question 1. Is the direction of the magnetic field around wire 1 clockwise or counter -clockwise? (5 pts) 3. Two wires carrying equal currents exert a force Fo on each other. (a) The current in each wire is doubled, while the distance of separation remaining constant. What is the magnitude of the force that one wire exerts on the other? (b) When a magnetic field is parallel to a current-carrying wire, what is the force on the wire? (10 pts)

Explanation / Answer

1) Wires carrying current in opposite directions repel each each other(this is opposite to the character of charges where opposite attracts and same repel).

Thus wire 1 repels wire2, so the direction of the force exerted by wire1 on wire2 is to the right.

2) By right hand curl rule, the direction of the magnetic field around wire1 is clockwise.