Wires and Magnetic Field

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f74bat

Joined Nov 26, 2008
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Two long, straight wires separated by a distance d1 = 0.140 m carry currents of I1 = 10.0 A and I2 = 3.50 A as shown below.




What is the magnitude of the magnetic field at point P located a distance d2 = 0.130 m from the second wire as shown?



I have no idea how to attempt this one..I thought about B=(mu*I)/(4*pi*r) but i have two I's and two d's so i thought about putting them equal to one another but the B's will cancel out and that is what I need.
 

mik3

Joined Feb 4, 2008
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As, I told you in your other post, calculate B each wire creates at this point and then add them to get the total B. The distance of the right wire is d2 and the distance of the left wire is d1+d2.
 
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