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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:07am.

A wire of length 0.655 m carries a current of 21.0 A. In the presence of a 0.470-T magnetic field, the wire experiences a force of 5.46 N. What is the angle (less than 90°) between the wire and the magnetic field?

physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:54am
Force=ILB sinTheta
solve for Theta.

in my head, I get about 60 deg.

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