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Case : Read the passage and answer the question(s). The basic equation governing the magnetic field due to a current distribution is the Biot-Savart Law. Finding the magnetic field resulting from a current distribution involves a vector product and becomes an inherent calculus problem when the distance from a current to the field point is continuously changing. According to this law, the magnetic field at a point due to a current element of length dl carrying a current I, at a distance r from the element is dB = (μo/4π) I (dl x r)/r3. Biot-Savart Law has certain similarities as well as difference with Coulomb's Law for electrostatic field as there is an angle dependence in Biot-Savart Law which is not present in electrostatics. dB = (μo/4π) I (dl x r)/r3. Biot-Savart law has certain similarities as well as difference with Coulomb's law for electrostatic field as there is an angle dependence in Biot-Savart law which is not present in electrostatics. |
What can be said about the magnetic field due to a current in a straight wire segment of length L at a point on its perpendicular bisector at a distance r (r>> L) |
decreases as 1/r decreases as 1/r2 decreases as 1/r3 approaches a finite limit as r tends towards infinity |
decreases as 1/r2 |
Using Biot-Savart law and using r>>L, B = μoI/4πr2. |