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(a) What is the force per meter on a lightning bolt at the equator that carries 20,000 A perpendicular to Earth’s 3.0×105T3.0 \times 10 ^ { - 5 } \mathrm { T } field? (b) What is the direction of the force if the current is straight up and Earth’s field direction is due north, parallel to the ground?

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a) The magnitude of the force on a wire of length ll carrying a current II and making an angle θ\theta with a magnetic field of density BB is given by:

 $\vert \vec{F} \vert = B \, I \, l \, \sin{(\theta)}$ 

Rearranging to get the force per unit length:

 $\dfrac{\vert \vec{F} \vert}{l}  = B \, I \, \sin{(\theta)}$ 

Therefore, 

Fl=(3×105)×(2×104)×sin(π2)=0.6N.m1\begin{align*} \dfrac{\vert \vec{F} \vert}{l} &= (3\times10^{-5}) \times (2\times 10^4) \times \sin(\dfrac{\pi}{2})\\ &=0.6 \, \mathrm{N.m^{-1}} \end{align*}

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