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3. A straight wire of mass 200 g and length 1.5 m carries a current of 2 A. It is suspended in mid-air by a uniform horizontal magnetic field B. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field?

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Force by gravity is balanced by the magnetic force

mg = IBI

m 0.2kg, 1.5m, 1-2A, g 9.8m/s2

0.2 × 9.8-0 653T IU

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