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THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Physics 153
April Examination
April 27, 2009 Time: 2.5 hours

Candidate’s Name:
LAST Name FIRST Name

Signature:
Student number:
Lecture Section:(circle one) 001–McCutcheon 002–Hasinoff 003–Jory

This examination consists of 8 questions and 10 pages. Please check to ensure

that your paper is complete.
One page of formulae and constants is provided. Show all relevant work and explain your reasoning.
Unjustified answers will not receive any marks.

(a) Each candidate should be prepared to produce his/her library/AMS card.

(b) No candidate shall be permitted to enter the examination room after the expiration of one-half
hour, or to leave during the first half-hour of the examination.

Caution: Candidates guilty of any of the following, or similar dishonest practices shall be im-
mediately dismissed from the examination and shall be liable to disciplinary action.

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or othere memory aid devices, other than those authorised by the examiners.
(b) Speaking or communicating with other candidates.

NOTE:–Only non-programmable calculators are allowed.

Please enter your answers for Question 1.x in the table below –

Qu 1.1 Qu 1.2 Qu 1.3 Qu 1.4 Qu 1.5 Qu 1.6 Qu 1.7 Qu 1.8 Qu 1.9 Qu 1.10

Each question is worth the marks indicated below.

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2. Two very long concentric cylindrical metal rods, one solid of radius ”a” and the second with inner
radius ”b” and outer radius ”c”, carry charges per unit length of +2λ and +4λ C/m, as shown.
⃗ (magnitude and direction) in terms of λ for a
(a) Derive an expression for the electrostatic field, E
point P1 located a distance r from the common axis (a < r < b).
(b) Derive an expression for E ⃗ (magnitude and direction) at a point P2 for r > c.
(c) What is the charge per unit length on each of the 3 surfaces: r = a, b, c ?
(d) What is the potential difference (Vb - Va ) ?
(e) If the central metal rod is now grounded, what is the remaining charge on the outer metal rod
and where is the charge located ?

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3. The electrostatic potential in the z=0 plane is given by the expression

V(x,y) = A x2 - B y2 , where A and B are constants.
(a) Derive an expression for E ⃗ (magnitude and direction).
(b) If A = 300 J C−1 m−2 and B = 400 J C−1 m−2 , compute E(2,⃗ 2).
(c) What is the work required to move a charge Q = 1000 µC from the origin to the point (2,2) ?
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(d) Compute the line integral E ⃗ between the points (2,2) and (6,4) ?
⃗ · dl

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4(a) An electron moves vertically upward at a speed of 2.50 ×106 m/s and enters a region of magnetic
field strength 1.40 ×10−4 T pointing into the page as shown in fig (a). Sketch the subsequent motion
of the electron and determine its radius of curvature.
(b) If a uniform electric field E ⃗ is now applied in the -y direction, indicate which path the electron
will follow (i, ii, iii, iv) and explain why.
(c) Using energy conservation find the speed of the electron at any point.

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5. Two long parallel wires (separated by 15 cm) each carry a 10 A current directed out of the page.
(a) What is the force per unit length on each wire ?
(b) Point P1 lies midway between the two wires as shown. Point P2 is 10 cm from each wire and lies
in the same plane as P1 . Compute the resultant B ⃗ field at each point P1 and P2 .
(c) A very large number of long straight conductors with square cross sections, each carrying a cur-
rent I, are laid side by side to form an infinite current sheet as shown. The current direction is
along the + z axis. There are n conductors per unit length measured along the x axis. Determine the
magnitude and direction of the magnetic field a distance ”d” both above and below the current sheet.

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6. The switch in the circuit below is closed at t = 0. The initial charge on the capacitor = Q.
(a) Determine the direction of the induced current in the small wire loop A. Explain your answer.
(b) A rectangular loop of total resistance R is moved at a constant velocity, ⃗v along a path parallel to
and a constant distance ”d” from a long straight wire as shown. What is the magnitude and direction
of the current induced in the loop ?
(c) Three sides of the loop are now removed and the remaining bar of length L moves with a constant
velocity ⃗v as shown. Determine the EMF induced in the bar. Which end has a higher potential ?

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7. A series RLC circuit has L = 0.280 H, C = 4.00 µF and the rms voltage of the source is 120 V.
(a) What is the resonant angular frequency of this circuit ?
(b) If the rms current amplitude in the circuit = 1.70 A at this resonant frequency, calculate R.
(c) At this resonant frequency what are the peak voltages across the inductor, capacitor and resistor ?
(d) What is the rms current amplitude in the circuit when f = 500 Hz ?

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1. a) The total electric flux through surface S, which completely encloses object A, is S .
The total electric flux through surface R, which completely encloses both object A and
object B, is R . What are the charges of objects A and B? (Answers are formulas)

b) Solid conducting sphere C has total charge +5µC and diameter 6 cm. Hollow conducting
sphere D has total charge 3µC, inner diameter 10 cm, and outer diameter 12 cm. The
centers of the spheres are at the same point. What is the electric field (magnitude and
direction) at radius 4 cm and at radius 8 cm?

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2. Four point charges of +1µC are fixed at the corners of a square in the horizontal plane
with 1.414 cm sides. A small spherical object with charge of +1µC is 1 cm above the
center of the square of point charges.
a) What are the horizontal electric field components at
this point?
b) What is the vertical electric field component at this
point?
c) If the center charge levitates at 1 cm above the
square of other charges, what is its mass?
(g = 9.8m/s2 )

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3. Two metal plates with dimensions 20 cm by 50 cm are separated by 1 cm, and have a
potential di↵erence of 10 V between them.

a. Find the electric field at half the distance between the plates.
b. How much energy is stored in the electric field between the plates?
c. How much work must be done to increase the gap between the plates to 2 cm if the
plate charges remain constant (i.e., there is no battery attached to them)?

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4. The circuit below has components with R1 = 2⌦, R2 = 4⌦, R3 = 3⌦, L1 = 2mH, and
L2 = 4mH.
a) The switch S is opened for a long time, then the switch S is closed. Find all currents
just after the switch is closed.
b) Find the voltage across L1 just after the switch is closed.
c) Find all currents after the switch has been closed for a very long time.
d) After the switch was closed for a very long time, the switch S is opened again. Find the
current through R3 at this time.
S

R R R
24 V 1 2 3
L L
1 2

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5. Two parallel rails with negligible resistance separated by 0.10m are connected by a
5.0 ⌦ resistor as shown. Two metal rods of resistances 10.0 ⌦ and 15.0 ⌦ are pulled along
the bars at a constant speeds v1 = 4.00 m/s and v2 = 2.00 m/s respectively as shown.
There is a uniform magnetic field of magnitude B = 0.010T into the page. Calculate the
magnitude and direction of the current passing through the 5.0 ⌦ resistor.

x v1 x x x x v2 x
R
x x x x x x

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6. A very long cylindrical pipe with outside radius R2 = 10cm and inner radius R1 = 9cm
carries a uniformly distributed current I1 = 3A into the page as shown. A parallel wire
carries a current of I2 = 2A out of the page as shown. The center of the wire is a distance
of 2D from the center of the pipe where D = 32 R2 .
a) What is the total magnetic field at point a?
b) What is the total magnetic field at point b?
c) What is the magnetic field as a function of r
for 9cm < r < 10cm due to just the pipe? R2
a R1
D D b
I2

I1

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7. Given the circuit below where R = 60.0⌦, C = 5.00µF , and L = 0.400H. At the start
no energy is stored in the capacitor or inductor.
a) If the switch S is closed, find the maximum current through R.
b) The switch is reopened after a long time. What is the maximum charge on the capacitor?
c) Once the switch is reopened, find how long it takes the capacitor to go from maximum
charge to 0 charge.
S

24V L
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Physics 153 Boot Camp 3 Term 2 Term
2012 2, 2008-09

Homework 8A
Mar. 16 - 20

Problem 1
The square loop shown in the figure below moves into a 0.80 T magnetic field at a constant
speed of 10 m/s. The loop has a resistance of 0.10 , and it enters the field at t = 0 s.
(a) Find the induced current in the loop as a function of time. Give your answer as a graph
of I versus t from t = 0 s to t = 0.020 s.
(b) What is the maximum current? What is the position of the loop when the current is
maximum?

Figure 1: fig. for Problem 1

Problem 2
A closed, square loop is formed with 40 cm of wire having R = 0.10 , as shown in the
figure below. A 0.50 T magnetic field is perpendicular to the loop. At t = 0 s, each of the
two diagonally opposite corners of the loop begins to move apart at 0.293 m/s relative to a
fixed observer.
(a) How long does it take the loop to collapse to a straight line?
(b) Find an expression for the induced current I as a function of time while the loop is
collapsing. Assume that the sides remain straight lines during the collapse.
(c) Evaluate I at four or five times during the collapse, then draw a graph of I versus t.

Problem 3
A flat, circular disk of radius R is uniformly charged with total charge Q. The disk spins
at angular velocity about an axis through its center. What is the magnetic field strength
at the center of the disk?

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Problem 4
You have a 1.0-m-long copper wire. You want to make an N -turn current loop that generates
a 1.0 mT magnetic field at the center when the current is 1.0 A. You must use the entire
length of the wire. What will be the diameter of your coil?

Problem 5
The figure below shows a U-shaped conducting rail that is oriented vertically in a horizontal
magnetic field. The rail has no electrical resistance and does not move. A slide wire with
mass m and resistance R can slide up and down without friction while maintaining electrical
contact with the rail. The slide wire is released from rest.
(a) Show that the slide wire reaches a terminal speed vterm , and find an expression for vterm .
(b) Determine the value of vterm if l = 20 cm, m = 10 g, R = 0.10 , and B = 0.50 T.

Figure 3: fig. for Problem 5

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Homework 8B
Mar. 16 - 20

Problem 16
A long, straight, solid cylinder, oriented with its axis in the z-direction, carries a current
⇥ The current density, although symmetrical about the cylinder
whose current density is J.
axis, is not constant and varies according to the relationship

b (r
J⇥ = e a)/
k̂ for r a
r (1)
= 0 for r ⇥ a

where the radius of the cylinder is a = 5.00 cm, r is the radial distance from the cylinder
axis, b is a constant equal to 600 A/m, and is a constant equal to 2.50 cm. (a) Let I0 be
the total current passing through the entire cross section of the wire. Obtain an expression
for I0 in terms of b, , and a. Evaluate your expression to obtain a numerical value for
I0 . (b) Using Ampere’s law, derive an expression for the magnetic field B ⇥ in the region
r ⇥ a. Express your answer in terms of I0 rather than b. (c) Obtain an expression for the
current I contained in a circular cross section of radius r a and centered at the cylinder
axis. Express your answer in terms of I0 rather than b. (d) Using Ampere’s law, derive an
expression for the magnetic field B⇥ in the region r ⇥ a. (e) Evaluate the magnitude of the
magnetic field at r = , r = a, and r = 2a.

Problem 27
In the circuit shown in the figure below, the capacitor has capacitance C = 20 µF and is
initially charged to 100 V with the polarity shown. The resistor R0 has resistance 10 . At
time t = 0 the switch is closed. The wire of the small circuit has a resistance of 1.0 /m
and contains 25 loops. The large circuit is a rectangle 2.0 m by 4.0 m, while the small one
has dimensions a = 10.0 cm and b = 20.0 cm. The distance c is 5.0 cm. (The figure is not
drawn to scale.) Both circuits are held stationary. Assume that only the wire nearest the
small circuit produces an appreciable magnetic field through it. (a) Find the current in
the large circuit 200 µs after S is closed. (b) Find the current in the small circuit 200 µs
after S is closed. (c) Find the direction of the current in the small circuit. (d) Justify why
we can ignore the magnetic field from all the wires of the large circuit except for the wire
closest to the small circuit.

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 Figure 1: fig. for Problem 2

Problem 38
A uniform, square, conducting loop, 20.0 cm on a side, is placed in a magnetic field, which
has an initial magnitude of 0.750 T. The magnetic field is directed into the plane of the
diagram and is decreasing at the rate of 0.0350 T/s. The conducting loop has its side ac
along a diameter and with point b at the center of the field. (a) Copy the figure below, and
draw vectors to show the direction and relative magnitude of the induced electric field E
at the lettered points. (b) What is the induced emf in side ac? (c) What is the induced
emf in the loop? (d) What is the current in the loop if its resistance is 1.90 ? (e) What
is the potential di⇥erence between points a and c? Which is at higher potential?

Figure 2: fig. for Problem 3

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Boot Camp 4 Term 2 2012 Term 2, 2008-09

Homework 9A
Mar. 30 - Apr. 3

Problem 1
In the circuit shown in the figure below, neither the battery nor the inductors have any
appreciable resistance, the capacitors are initially uncharged, and the switch S has been in
position 1 for a very long time. (a) What is the current in the circuit? (b) The switch
is now suddenly flipped to position 2. Find the maximum charge that each capacitor will
receive, and how much time after the switch is flipped it will take them to acquire this
charge.
+

Figure 1: fig. for Problem 1

Problem 2
In the figure below, what is the current supplied by the emf when (a) the frequency is very
small and (b) the frequency is very large?

Figure 2: fig. for Problem 2

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Problem 3
In the figure below, switch S1 is closed while switch S2 is kept open. The inductance is
L = 0.115 H , and the resistance is R = 120 ⌦. (a) When the current has reached its final
value, the energy stored in the inductor is 0.260 J. What is the emf E of the battery? (b)
After the current has reached its final value, S1 is opened and S2 is closed. How much time
does it take for the energy stored in the inductor to decrease to 0.130 J, half the original
value?

Figure 3: fig. for Problem 3

Problem 4
An L-C circuit consists of a 60.0 mH inductor and a 250 µF capacitor. The initial charge
on the capacitor is 6.00 µC, and the initial current in the inductor is zero. (a) What is the
maximum voltage across the capacitor? (b) What is the maximum current in the inductor?
(c) What is the maximum energy stored in the inductor? (d) When the current in the
inductor has half its maximum value, what is the charge on the capacitor and what is the
energy stored in the inductor?

Problem 5
A Coaxial Cable. A small solid conductor with radius a is supported by insulating,
nonmagnetic disks on the axis of a thin walled tube with inner radius b. The inner and
outer conductors carry equal currents i in opposite directions. (a) Use Ampere’s law to
find the magnetic field at any point in the volume between the conductors. (b) Write the
expression for the flux d B through a narrow strip of length l parallel to the axis, of width
dr, at a distance r from the axis of the cable and lying in a plane containing the axis. (c)
Integrate your expression from part (b) over the volume between the two conductors to
find the total flux produced by a current i in teh central conductor. (d) Show that the
inductance of a length l of the cable is
✓ ◆
µ0 b
L=l ln (1)
2⇡ a

(e) Calculate the energy stored in the magnetic field for a length l of the cable.

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Homework 9B
Mar. 30 - Apr. 3

Problem 16
In the circuit shown below, switch S is closed at time t = 0. (a) Find the reading of each
meter just after S is closed. (b) What does each meter read a long time after S is closed?

Figure 1: fig. for Problem 1

Problem 27
In an L-C circuit, L = 85.0 mH and C = 3.20 µF. During the oscillations the maximum
current in the inductor is 0.850 mA. (a) What is the maximum charge on the capacitor?
(b) What is the magnitude of the charge on the capacitor at an instant when the current
in the inductor has magnitude 0.500 mA ?

Problem 38
An L-R-C series circuit has L = 0.280 H and C = 4.00 µF. The RMS voltage amplitude of
the AC source is 120 V. (a) What is the resonance angular frequency of the circuit? (b)
When the source operates at the resonance angular frequency, the current amplitude in the
circuit is 1.70 A. What is the resistance R of the resistor? (c) At the resonance angular
frequency, what are the peak voltages across the inductor, the capacitor, and the resistor?

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 Physics 153 Boot Camp 2 Term 2 2012

Problem 1
A 224 ⌦ resistor and a 589 ⌦ resistor are connected in series across a 90.0 V line. (a) What
is the voltage across each resistor? (b) A voltmeter connected across the 224 ⌦ resistor
reads 23.8 V. Find the voltmeter resistance. (c) Find the reading of the same voltmeter
if it is connected across the 589 ⌦ resistor. (d) The readings on this voltmeter are lower
than the ”true” voltages (that is , without the voltmeter present). Would it be possible to
design a voltmeter that gave readings higher than the ”true” voltages? Explain.

Problem 2
A resistor with R = 850 ⌦ is connected to the plates of a charged capacitor with capacitance
C = 4.62 µF. Just before the connection is made, the charge on the capacitor is 8.10 mC.
(a) What is the energy initially stored in the capacitor? (b) What is the electrical power
dissipated in the resistor just after the connection is made? (c) What is the electrical
power dissipated in the resistor at the instant when the energy stored in the capacitor has
decreased to half the value calculated in part (a)?

Problem 3
A particle of charge q > 0 is moving at speed v in the +z-direction through
⇣ a region
⌘ of
~ ~
uniform magnetic field B. The magnetic force on the particle is F = F0 3î + 4ĵ , where
F0 is a positive constant. (a) Determine the components Bx , By , and Bz , or at least as
many of the three components as is possible from the information given. (b) If it is given
in addition that the magnetic field has magnitude 6F0 /(qv), determine as much as you can
about the remaining components of B. ~

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Problem 4
How much current flows through the bottom wire in the figure below, and in which direction?

6 10

12 24
+

+
9V 15 V
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Bottom Wire

Problem 5
The switch in the figure has been closed for a very long time.
(a) What is the charge on the capacitor?
(b) The switch is opened at t = 0 s. At what time has the charge on the capacitor decreased
to 10% of its initial value?
Opens at t = 0 s
60

10
+

100 V
_ 40

2.0 µF

Problem 6
The Wheatstone Bridge The circuit shown in the figure below, called a Wheatstone
bridge, is used to determine the value of an unknown resistor X by comparison with three

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resistors M , N , and P whose resistances can be varied. For each setting, the resistance of
each resistor is precisely known. With switches K1 and K2 closed, these resistors are varied
until the current in the galvanometer G is zero; the bridge is then said to be balanced. (a)
Show that under this condition the unknown resistance is given by X = M P/N . (This
method permits very high precision in comparing resistors.) (b) If the galvanometer G
shows zero deflection when M = 850.0 , N = 15.00 , and P = 33.48 , what is the
unknown resistance X?

+ G

Figure 3: fig. for Problem 3

Problem 7
An electron in a cathode-ray tube is accelerated through a potential di⇥erence of 10 kV,
then passes through the 2.0-cm-wide region of uniform magnetic field in the figure below.
What field strength will deflect the electron by 10 ?

Figure 4: fig. for Problem 4

Problem 58
A proton moving in a uniform magnetic field with v1 = 1.00 ⇥ 106 î m/s experiences force
F̂1 = 1.20 ⇥ 10 16 k̂ N. A second proton with v2 = 2.00 ⇥ 106 ĵ m/s experiences F2 =
4.16 ⇥ 10 16 k̂ N in the same field. What is B? Give your answer as a magnitude and an
angle measured ccw from the +x-axis.

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Homework 7A
Mar. 9 - 13

Problem 19
The 10-turn loop of wire shown in the figure below lies in a horizontal plane, parallel to a
uniform horizontal magnetic field, and carries a 2.0 A current. The loop is free to rotate
about a nonmagnetic axle through the center. A 50 g mass hangs from one edge of the
loop. What magnetic field strength will prevent the loop from rotating about the axle?

Figure 1: fig. for Problem 1

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Problem 2
The two insulated wires in the figure below cross at a 30 angle but do not make electrical
contact. Each wire carries a 5.0 A current. Points 1 and 2 are each 4.0 cm from the
intersection and equally distant from both wires. What are the magnitude and direction of
the magnetic fields at points 1 and 2?

Figure 2: fig. for Problem 2

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Problem 311
A proton is passing through the origin with a velocity v. The magnetic field at the (x, y, z)
position (1 mm, 0 mm, 0 mm) is 1.0 ⇥ 10 13 ĵ T. The field at (0 mm, 1 mm, 0 mm) is
1.0 ⇥ 10 13 î T. What are the speed and direction of the proton?

Problem 412
A wire along the x-axis carries current I in the negative x-direction through the magnetic
field
( x
⇥ B0 k̂ 0  x  l
B= l (1)
0 elsewhere

(a) Draw a graph of B versus x over the interval 32 l < x < 32 l.

(b) Find an expression for the net force F⇥net on the wire.
(c) Find an expression for the net torque on the wire about the point x = 0.

Problem 513
A nonuniform magnetic field exerts a net force on a current loop of radius R. The figure
below shows a magnetic field that is diverging from the end of a bar magnet. The magnetic
field at the position of the current loop makes an angle with respect to the vertical.
(a) Find an expression for the net magnetic force on the current.
(b) Calculate the force if R = 2.0 cm, I = 0.50 A, B = 200 mT, and = 20 .

Figure 3: fig. for Problem 5

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Homework 7B
Mar. 9 - 13

Problem 114
Quark Model of the Neutron. The neutron is a particle with zero charge. Nonetheless, it has
a nonzero magnetic moment with z-component 9.66 ⇥ 10 27 A · m2 . This can be explained
by the internal structure of the neutron. A substantial body of evidence indicates that a
neutron is composed of three fundamental particles called quarks: An “up” (u) quark, of
charge +2e/3, and two “down” (d) quarks, each of charge e/3. The combination of the
three quarks produces a net charge of 2e/3 e/3 e/3 = 0. Fi the quarks are in motion,
they can produce a nonzero magnetic moment. As a very simple model, suppose the u quark
moves in a counterclockwise circular path and the d quarks move in a clockwise circular
path, all of radius r and all with the same speed v. (a) determine the current due to the
circulation of the u quark. (b) Determine the magnitude of the magnetic moment due
to the circulating u quark. (c) Determine the magnitude of the magnetic moment of the
three-quark system. (Be careful to use the correct magnetic moment directions.) (d) With
what speed v must the quarks move if this model is to reproduce the magnetic moment
of the neutron? Use r = 1.20 ⇥ 10 15 m (the radius of the neutron) for the radius of the
orbits.
u
v

v
d d

Figure 1: fig. for Problem 1

Problem 215
A circular loop of wire with area A lies in the xy-plane. As viewed along the z-axis looking
in the z-direction toward the origin, a current I is circulating clockwise ⇣around the
⌘ loop.
⇥
The torque produced by an external magnetic field B is given by ⇥ = D 4î 3ĵ , where
D is a positive constant, and for this orientation of the loop the magnetic potential energy
U= µ ⇥ is negative. The magnitude of the magnetic field is B0 = 13D/IA. (a) Determine
⇥ ·B
the vector magnetic moment of the current loop. (b) Determine the components Bx , By ,
and Bz of B.⇥

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Problem 316
A negative point charge q = 7.20 mC is moving in a reference frame. When the point
charge is at the origin, the magnetic field it produces at the point x = 25.0 cm, y = 0, z = 0
is B = (6.00 µT) j, and its speed is 800 km/s. (a) What are the x-, y-, and z-components
of the velocity v0 of the charge? (b) At this same instant, what is the magnitude of the
magnetic field that the charge produces at the point x = 0, y = 25.0 cm, z = 0?

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