Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
Two parallel horizontal conductors are s...

Two parallel horizontal conductors are suspended by two light vertical threads each 75 cm long. Each conductor has a mass of `40gm`, and when there is no current they are 0.5 cm apart. Equal current in the two wires result in a separation of 1.5 cm. Find the values and directions of currents. Take `g=9.8ms^-2`.

A

14 A in same direction

B

14 A in opposite direction

C

196 A in same direction

D

196 A in opposite direction

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • APPENDICES ( REVISION EXERCISE )

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise REVISION EXERCISE (MAGNETISM AND MATTER )|52 Videos
  • APPENDICES ( REVISION EXERCISE )

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise REVISION EXERCISE (CUTTENT ELECTRICITY )|108 Videos
  • ALTERNATING CURRENT

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise EXERCISE - III|24 Videos
  • APPENDICES (REVISION EXERCISE)

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise LAW OF MOTION|128 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Two parallel horizontal conductors are suspended by two light vertical threads each 75 cm long. Each conductor has a mass of 40gm^-1 , and when there is no current they are 0.5 cm apart. Equal current in the two wires result in a separation of 1.5 cm. Find the values and directions of currents. Take g=9.8ms^-2 .

The long, staight wires, each carrying an electric current of 5.0 A, are kept parallel to each other at a separation of 2.5 cm. Find the magnitude of the magnetic force experienced by 10 cm of a wire.

Two long and parallel straight wires A and B are carrying currents of 4A and 7A in the same directions are separated by a distance of 5cm. The force acting on a 8cm section of wire A is

Two points objects of mass 1.5g and 2.5g respectively are a distance of 16cm apart, the center of mass is at distance x from the object of mass 1.5g. Find the value of x

The force between two parallel conductor, each of length 50m and distance 20 cm apart, is 10^(-2)N . If the current in one conductor is double that in another one, then their values will respectively be

A very long staright conductor and an isoceles triangular conductor lie in a plane and separated from each other as shown in the figure. Given a=10cm , b=20cm and h=10cm (a) Find their coefficeint of mutual induction. (b) If current in the staright wire is increasing at a rate of 2A//s , find the direction and magnitude of current in the triangular wire. [Diameter of the wire crosss-section d=1 mm , resistivity of the wire, rho=1.8xx10^(-8)Omega-m ]

Two long parallel wires are separated by a distance of 2.50 cm . The force per unit length that each wire exerts on the other is 4.00xx10^-5 N/m , and the wires repel each other. The current in one wire is 0.600A . a. What is the current in the second wire ? b. Are the two currents in the same direction or in opposite direction?

Two straight wires each 10 cm long are parallel to one another and separated by 2 cm. when the current flowing in them is 30 A and 40 A respectively then the force experienced by either of the wires is

A body of mass 50 kg, suspended by two strings of lengths 30 cm and 40 cm fastend to two points in the same horizontal line 50 cm apart, is in equilibrium. Find the tension (in Newtons) in each string.

Two long parallel conductors are placed at right angles to a metre scale at the 2cm and 6cm marks, They carry currents of 1A and 3A respectively. They will produce zero magnetic field at the ( ignore the earth's magnetic field )

AAKASH SERIES-APPENDICES ( REVISION EXERCISE )-REVISION EXERCISE (MOVING CHANGES & MEGNETISM)
  1. Currents of 10 A and 2A are passed through two parallel wires A and B ...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Three long straight and parallel wires carrying currents are arranged ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Two parallel horizontal conductors are suspended by two light vertical...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Along wire carrying a current of 40A as shown in figure. The rectangul...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Two long parallel wires are at a distance 2d apart. They carry steady ...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A conducting ring of mass 2kg, radius 0.5m carries a current of 4A. I...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. A wire fo length l is bent in the from of a circular coil of some tur...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. A rectangular coil 6 cm long and 2 cm wide is placed in a magnetic fie...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. A circular coil of 20 turns and radius 10 cm is placed in uniform magn...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. A moving coil galvanometer 'A' has 200 turns and a resistance of 100Om...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A tangent galvanometer has 66 turns and the diameter of its coil is 22...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A galvanometer has a resistance of 3663Omega. A shunt S is connected a...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. A galvanometer having a resistance of 50Omega, gives a full scale defl...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A galvanometer has a resistance G and current I(a) flowing in it. Prod...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The deflection of a galvanometer falls to 1//10^(th) when a resistanc...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. A moving coil galvanometer has 150 equal divisions. Its current sensit...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A straight rod of mass m and lenth L is suspended from the identical s...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A rigid circular loop of radius r and mass m lies in the xy-plane on a...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. In the circuit diagrams (A,B,C and D) shown below, R is a high resista...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. To find the resistance of a galvanometer by the half deflection method...

    Text Solution

    |