A long straight wire of a circular cross section (radius ) carries a steady current and the current is uniformly distributed across this cross-section. Which of the following plots represents the variation of magnitude of magnetic field with distance from the centre of the wire
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A long straight wire of a circular cross section (radius ) carries a steady current and the current is uniformly distributed across this cross-section. Which of the following plots represents the variation of magnitude of magnetic field with distance from the centre of the wire
a) |
b) |
c) |
d) |
(a)
Magnetic field due to a long straight wire of radius carrying current at a point distant from the centre of the wire is given as follows
for
for
for
The variation of magnetic field with distance from the centre of wire is shown in the figure