How does the value of the magnetic field at a distance x from a long straight current - carrying conductor vary with x ?
Consider a straight piece of length x of a wire carrying a current i.Let P be a point on the perpendicular bisector of the piece,situated at a distance d from its middle point.Show that for d>>x,the magnetic field at P varies as 1/d2 whereas d<<x,it varies as 1/d.