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timnswede
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Homework Statement
A wire carrying 1.5 A passes through a region containing a 2.0 T magnetic field. The wire is perpendicular to the field and makes a quarter-circle turn of radius R= 1/
Homework Equations
Fb=ILxB
The Attempt at a Solution
So what I did was I drew a straight line from where the wire enters the field to where it exits. Then I used the Pythagorean theorem to get the length of the wire, which is 1m (assuming meters, could call it units I suppose). Then I used the right hand rule, with ILxB, and got Fb being 90 degrees up and to the right of the wire. So Fb=ILBsin90=3 N.Would this be a correct way of doing it?