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A thin flexible wire of length L. is connected to two adjacent fixed points and carries a current I in the clockwise direction, as shown in the figure. When the system is put in a uniform magnetic field of strength B going into the plane of the paper, the wire takes the shape of a circle. The tension in the wire is
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a

IBL

b

IBlπ

c

IBl2π

d

IBl4π

answer is C.

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 Length of element AB=dl=rθ=(L/2π)θ

 Outward ampere force on AB is BIdl. 

 Inward force on AB due to tension T=2Tsin(θ/2)=Tθ

 Equating forces for equilibrium, T=BIL/2π

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A thin flexible wire of length L. is connected to two adjacent fixed points and carries a current I in the clockwise direction, as shown in the figure. When the system is put in a uniform magnetic field of strength B going into the plane of the paper, the wire takes the shape of a circle. The tension in the wire is