Three long wires (wire 1, wire 2,and wire 3) are coplanar and hang vertically. The distance betweenwire 1 and wire 2 is 16.0 cm. On theleft, wire 1 carries an upward current of 1.50 A. To the right,wire 2 carries a downward current of 3.40 A. Wire 3 is located such that when itcarries a certain current, no net force acts upon any of the wires. (a) Find the position of wire 3, relative to wire 1. (b) Find the magnitude and direction of the current in wire 3.

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Three long wires (wire 1, wire 2,and wire 3) are coplanar and hang vertically. The distance betweenwire 1 and wire 2 is 16.0 cm. On theleft, wire 1 carries an upward current of 1.50 A. To the right,wire 2 carries a downward current of 3.40 A. Wire 3 is located such that when itcarries a certain current, no net force acts upon any of the wires.  (a) Find the position of wire 3, relative to wire 1.  (b) Find the magnitude and direction of the current in wire 3.

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Force between two current carrying wires( wire 1 and wire 2)  F12=Ki1i22πr  as both the wires carrying currents in opposite directions thenature of the fore on 2nd due to 1st is repulsive. hence to nullify the net force acting on the second conductorthird conductor should carry current in upward direction.  Then again 2nd and 3rd conductors carrying currents inopposite directions. hence again 2nd capacitor will experiencerepusive force.  If both the forces are equal then net force acting on thesecond is zero.  F23=Ki2i32πx  x is distance  given net force should be zero, hence F12=F23  i1i22πr=i2i32πx  i1=1.50A;i2=3.40A;r=0.16m  similarly calculate the net force on the third due to 1st and2nd and following the same procedure we get  i1i3(16+x)×10−12=i2i3x  so we have two unknowns and two equations try to calculatex and i3; the directions of current i3 is upwards as mentioned above

Three long wires (wire 1, wire 2,and wire 3) are coplanar and hang vertically. The distance betweenwire 1 and wire 2 is 16.0 cm. On theleft, wire 1 ca

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