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Ampere's Law and Induction, Faraday's Law, and Lenz' Law

1. In the diagram below, the cross-section of two wires is shown. The wire on the left carries
a current of I1 = 12.5 A directed into the paper while the left has current I 2 = 8.5 A directed
out of the paper. Both wires are R = 0.45 m from point A and the = 90 . What is the
direction and magnitude of the magnetic field at A?

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3. An electron is travelling 10.0 cm above and parallel to a long thin wire carrying 8.00 A of
current. The conventional current is out of the paper as shown and the wire is parallel to
the surface of the earth. What is the wire's magnetic field at the electron location? With
what speed and direction must the electron be moving such that the magnetic force
exactly balances the force due to gravity? The charge of an electron is -1.60 10 -19 C
and its mass is 9.11 10-31 kg.

4. Two rigid rods are oriented parallel to each other and to the ground. The rods carry the
same current in the same direction. The length of each rod is 0.85 m, while the mass of
each is 0.073 kg. One rod is held in place above the ground, and the other floats beneath
it at a distance of 8.2 10-3 m. Determine the current in the rods.
5. Two current carrying wires are parallel to each as shown in diagram (i) below. The side
view is given in diagram (ii). The wires are 0.35 m apart. The current in the first wire is 25
A and 18 A in the second. The wires are 15.0 m long. What is the magnetic field
(magnitude and direction) at the second wire due to the first wire? What is the force
(magnitude and direction) on the second wire because of the magnetic field?

6. In the diagram below, a circular loop is in a uniform magnetic field B = 0.045 T. The field
is oriented at an angle of = 25 to normal to the loop. The radius of the loop is 10 cm.
(a) Find the magnetic flux through the loop.
(b) If the magnetic field decreases at a rate of 0.050 T/s, find the induced emf in the loop.
(c) If, instead, the radius of the loop increases at 0.10 m/s, find the induced emf in the
loop.
(d) If direction of the magnetic field increases at the rate of 2.5 rad/s find the induced emf
in the loop.
(e) If all the above changes occur at the same time, find the induced emf in the loop.
(f) Which way would a current flow in each case.

7. A single circular hoop moves with constant velocity through regions where uniform
magnetic fields of the same magnitude are directed either into or out of the plane of the
page as indicated below. Determined the direction of the induced current, if any, at each
of the seven marked positions. HINT: sketch the flux as a function of position.

8. The DC-10 jet aircraft has a wingspan of 47 m. If such an aircraft is flying horizontally at
960 km/h at a place where the vertical component of the earth's magnetic field is 60 uT,
what is the induced emf between its wingtips?

9. In diagram (a) below, an equilateral triangle is just entering, at time t = 0, a region of


constant magnetic field B = 0.335 T into the page. In diagram (b) at some later time t > 0,
the triangle has moved a distance x into the magnetic field. The triangle has sides of
length L = 1.20 m long and is moving to the right at constant speed v = dx/dt = 2.50 m/s.
(a) Derive an expression for the magnetic flux m as a function of x. Hints: The area of a
triangle is one-half the base times the height. Consider similar triangles.
(b) What is the magnitude of the induced emf at t = 0.30 s?
(c) What is the direction of the induced emf at t = 0.30 s? Fully explain your reasoning.
(d) If the resistance of the wire is 0.50 , what is the current in the wire?

10. Two parallel conducting rails are inclined at 30 degrees to the horizontal, and are joined
at the top by a length of copper wire; the rails and wire have negligible resistance. A 0.40
m long conducting rod of resistance 2.00 slides without friction down the rails. Sliding
through the magnetic field induces a current in the rod. The current-carrying rod then
experiences a force from the external magnetic field. Assuming that the component of the
magnetic field perpendicular to the incline, B9, points up, what magnitude must it have to
ensure that the rod slides with a constant velocity of 5.00 m/s. The mass of the rod is
50.0 g. If the perpendicular component of the magnetic field pointed down what effect
would this have? Why can we neglect the parallel component of the magnetic field, B z?
11. The inductors in the circuit shown below are magnetically shielded from one another so
that they do not produce flux in one another. Determine the time constant of the circuit.
Determine how long it takes the current through the resistor to reach 85% of its
maximum. At this point, what is the energy stored in each inductor?

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