NEET 2023
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2023
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Magnetic Effects of Current
NEET 2023 · Physics · Magnetic Effects of Current
A wire carrying a current I along the positive x-axis has length L...
A wire carrying a current along the positive x-axis has length . It is kept in a magnetic field \overset{\to}{B} = \left(2\overset{^}{i} + 3\overset{^}{j} - 4\overset{^}{k}\right)T. The magnitude of the magnetic force acting on the wire is:
Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
D.
Step-by-step solution
The formula to calculate the magnetic force acting on the wire is given by
As the length of the wire is along positive x-axis, it can be written that
\overset{\to}{L} = L\overset{^}{i} . . . \left(2\right)
Substitute the expressions of the required parameters into equation (2) to obtain the force.
\begin{cases}\overset{\to}{F} & = & IL\overset{^}{i} \times \left(2\overset{^}{i} + 3\overset{^}{j} - 4\overset{^}{k}\right) \\ = & 3IL\overset{^}{k} + 4IL\overset{^}{j} . . . \left(3\right)\end{cases}
Hence, the magnitude of the force can be written as