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Monday, April 26, 2010

How to Find Magnetic Flux - Straight wire next to a loop

This is a classic type of problem, where a current in a straight wire is next to a rectangular loop, and we need to find the total magnetic flux through the loop. We need to break the loop into skinny strips of area, and find the flux through those skinny strips, then add them all up, i.e. integrate! Check it out to remind yourself.