A Very Long Straight Current-Carrying Wire Produces a Magnetic Field $\sqrt { 2 }$

question 43

Multiple Choice

A very long straight current-carrying wire produces a magnetic field of 20 mT at a distance d from the wire. To measure a field of 5 mT due to this wire, you would have to go to a distance from the wire of

• A) 16d.
• B) 8d.
• C) 4d.
• D) 2d.
• E) d \(\sqrt { 2 }\)

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