Magnets and magnetic fields

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Question 18
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Figure 1 shows a horizontal wire passing perpendicularly through a flat, vertical sheet of cardboard. A current is flowing through the wire in the direction indicated by the arrow (away from the observer towards the cardboard).

Figure 1

Draw, on the cardboard in Figure 1, the magnetic field pattern produced by the current. Your drawing should:

  • show the shape of the magnetic field lines
  • show the direction of the magnetic field.
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