Understanding Magnetic Fields and Charges

Practice Questions

AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism › Understanding Magnetic Fields and Charges

Questions
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Consider a current-carrying loop with current , radius , and center .

A particle with charge flies through the center and into the page with velocity . What is the total electromagnetic force on the particle at the instant that it flies through the loop, in terms of the variables given?

2

Which of the following best describes the net magnetic flux through a closed sphere, in the presence of a magnet?

3

A particle of charge and mass moves with a speed of perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field, . What is the period of the particle's orbit in the field?

4

A proton traveling enters a uniform magnetic field and experiences a magnetic force, causing it to travel in a circular path. Taking the magnetic field to be , what is the radius of this circular path (shown in red)?

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Consider two long, straight, current-carrying wires at distance from each other, each with a current of magnitude going in opposite directions.

If the two wires described are not held in place, what motion will result from the magnetic fields produced?

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