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A long, vertical wire carrying a current of 10A in the upward direction is placed in a region where a horizontal magnetic field of magnitude  20×103T exists from south to north. Find the point (west to the wire in mm) where the resultant magnetic field is zero.

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i=10A(K^)B=2×103 T South to North(J^)
To cancel the magnetic field the point should be chosen so that the net magnetic field is along - J^  direction
The point is along -i^  direction or along west of the wire B=μ0i2πr
2×103=4π×107×102π×rr=2×107×102×103=103m=1mm

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