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In the figure, AB is a long straight wire carrying a current of 20A and CDFG is a rectangular loop of size 20 cm x 9cm carrying a current of 10A. The edge CG is parallel to AB, at a distance of 1cm from it. The force exerted on the loop by the magnetic field of the wire is

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3.6×104N attraction
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3.6×104N epulsion
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7.2×104N attraction
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7.2×104N repulsion
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Solution

The correct option is C 7.2×104N attraction
F=μ0i1i2l2π[1r11r2]=2×107×20×10×0.2[1102110×102]=8×106×[910]×102=7.2×104N

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