Two long, straight wires are parallel and 10 cm apart. One carries a current of 2.0 A, the other a current of 5.0 A. If the two currents flow in opposite directions, what is the magnitude and direction of the force per unit length of one wire on the other

The magnitude and direction of the force per unit length of one wire on the other is 2 x 10⁻⁵ N/m, attractive force.

Explanation:

Given;

distance between the two parallel wires, r = 10 cm = 0.1 m

current in the first wire, I₁ = 2A

current in the second wire, I₂ = 5 A

The force per unit length on each wire can be calculated as;

where;

μ₀ is permeability of free space = 4π x 10⁻⁷ m/A

/ m

The direction of the force between the two wires is attractive since the current in the two wires are in opposite direction.

Therefore, the magnitude and direction of the force per unit length of one wire on the other is 2 x 10⁻⁵ N/m, attractive force.

russian is not my first language, so i'm afraid i can't write out an answer in russian, but hopefully you can find a way to do so. here's my best translation of the problem: you're given a plot of a particle's position in one-dimensional space over time, and you're asked to find either the total distance traveled by the particle after 6 seconds had elapsed, or the total displacement of the particle after 6 seconds.

if you want the total distance traveled, you would first need to determine the particle's velocity as a function of time, then integrate that over the 6-second interval. we know the position function is quadratic with roots at 0 and 6, so we have

where is unknown. because the position is parabolic, there is symmetry about the midpoint at , and we know that

so that the position function is

which means the velocity is

then the total distance traveled is

so the total distance traveled is 20 m.

on the other hand, if you want to find displacement: the particle starts at and ends at , so its displacement is 0.