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Question 28

A packaging machine uses the motor effect to move a current-carrying conducting bar. The part of the bar inside the uniform magnetic field is at right angles to the field. The machine is tested using two settings.

SettingMagnetic flux density in TCurrent in ALength of bar inside the field in mm
P0.243.040
Q0.18unknown80

The force on the bar must be the same in both settings.

Calculate the current needed in setting Q.

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