PHY 202: EXTRA CREDIT QUIZ 2

17 October, 2015

1.) A thin massless rod of length 0.2 is hinged at point P. The other end is attached to a spring of force
constant = 4.8 / . A uniform magnetic field = 0.34 is directed into the plane. The rod carries
a current = 6.5 .

(a.) Calculate the torque due to the magnetic force about point P.
(Hint: Split up the rod into smaller elements and compute the torque on each element.)
(b.) Find the amount by which the spring is stretched when the rod is in equilibrium and makes an
angle of 53 with the horizontal.
(Hint: The net torque on the rod is zero during equilibrium)

2.) A semicircular loop of radius carries a current . A uniform magnetic field is applied along the zdirection.

Calculate the net magnetic force on the wire.