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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 A5.0 \mathrm {~A} is the magnitude of the magnetic field due to the wire equal to the strength of Earth's magnetic field of about 5.0×105 T5.0 \times 10 ^ { - 5 } \mathrm {~T} ? (μ0=4π×107 Tm/A) \left( \mu _ { 0 } = 4 \pi \times 10 ^ { - 7 } \mathrm {~T} \cdot \mathrm { m } / \mathrm { A } \right)


A) 1.0 cm1.0 \mathrm {~cm}
B) 1.0 mm1.0 \mathrm {~mm}
C) 4.0 cm4.0 \mathrm {~cm}
D) 3.0 cm3.0 \mathrm {~cm}
E) 2.0 cm2.0 \mathrm {~cm}

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