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At What Distance from a Long Straight Wire Carrying a Current

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At what distance from a long straight wire carrying a current of 5.0 A is the magnitude of the B⃗\vec { B } field due to the wire equal to the Earth's B⃗\vec { B } field of about 5.0 × 10-5 T? (μ0 = 4π × 10-7 T ∙ m/A)


A) 1.0 mm
B) 1.0 cm
C) 2.0 cm
D) 3.0 cm
E) 4.0 cm

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