Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A wire long carries at right angles to a field of . Find the force on it. What mass has a weight equal to this force? Take .
A wire with a current in a magnetic field feels a force , where is the angle between the wire and the field. It is largest () at right angles, and zero along the field. Fleming's left-hand rule: forefinger for the field, middle finger for the current, thumb for the force.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The force. .
Step 2. The mass. .
Answer: , the weight of about .
Check. That is about the weight of a few coins: a small push, as we feel in the experiment.
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