Essential University Physics: Volume 2 (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 26, Problem 61P
Part of a long wire carrying current I is bent into a semicircle of radius a, as in Fig. 26.44. Use the Biot–Savart law to find the magnetic field at P, the center of the semicircle.
FIGURE 26.44 Problem 61
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