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Magnetic Field Of A Straight Wire

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A very long straight wire carries a current of A; determine the magnitude of the magnetic field it produces at a perpendicular distance of cm from the wire.

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Subject
physics
Chapter
magnetic effects of current and magnetism
Topic
magnetic field of a straight wire
Difficulty
Easy
Year
2025
Tags
straight wire fieldAmpere's law applicationinverse distanceright-hand ruleconcentric field lines

Solution

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T

NCERT Class 12, Chapter 4 (Moving Charges and Magnetism) applies Ampere's circuital law to a long straight conductor to obtain the field at distance : . The field lines form concentric circles around the wire, their direction given by the right-hand thumb rule. Substituting T·m/A, A, m: T. The value T doubles the distance mistakenly. The value T halves the distance. The value T is ten times too small from a unit conversion slip. Plausibility check: the field weakens with distance as , and a value of order T a few centimetres from a wire carrying A is physically reasonable, comparable to Earth's magnetic field.

This easy difficulty physics question is from the chapter magnetic effects of current and magnetism, covering the topic of magnetic field of a straight wire. It appeared in the 2025 exam.

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