Answer:
Explanation:
Subtract both sides by :
Divide both sides by -2*a:
Add both sides by :
Subtract both sides by :
A student has designed a circuit with one battery, two light bulbs, and two switches, pictured to the left. She would like for e
ach switch to control one light bulb, so that when one switch is open and the other is closed, one of the light bulbs will remain lit. From the image, we can see that neither light bulb is lit, even though one of the switches is closed. What is the error the student made? Your explanation should include a discussion of the flow of electrons in the circuit.
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Answer:
The force is the same
Explanation:
The force per meter exerted between two wires carrying a current is given by the formula
where
is the vacuum permeability
is the current in the 1st wire
is the current in the 2nd wire
r is the separation between the wires
In this problem
Substituting, we find the force per unit length on the two wires:
However, the formula is the same for the two wires: this means that the force per meter exerted on the two wires is the same.
The same conclusion comes out from Newton's third law of motion, which states that when an object A exerts a force on an object B, then object B exerts an equal and opposite force on object A (action-reaction). If we apply the law to this situation, we see that the force exerted by wire 1 on wire 2 is the same as the force exerted by wire 2 on wire 1 (however the direction is opposite).