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Transcribed Image Text:Two circular wire loops are fixed in place as
shown.
counter-clockwise as viewed from above.
a) Suppose we want the magnetic field to vanish
at the common center of the loops. Should we
generate a clockwise current in the small loop,
or a counter-clockwise current?
The large loop carries current io
b) How strong a
generate? (Hint: At the center of a circular
current loop of radius R, the loop's magnetic
field has magnitude Bloop, at center = poi / 2R.) *
current will
we need to
4a
6a
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