A square loop of area 25 cm^2 has a resistance of 10. The loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 40.0 T. The plane of the loop is perpendicular to the magnetic field. The work done in pulling…

Given: Area of square loop A = 25 cm^2 = 25 10^-4 m^2, resistance R = 10, magnetic field B = 40 T, time t = 1.0 s. Find: The work done in pulling the loop out of the magnetic field slowly and uniformly. From the solution, the side of the square loop is l = 25 cm^2 = 5 cm = 0.05 m Since the loop is pulled out uniformly in 1.0 s, the speed is v = lt = 0.051.0 = 0.05 m/s Using the relation given in the solution, W = B^2 v l^2R Substituting the values, W = 40^2 0.05 0.05^210 W = 1600 0.05 0.002510 W = 1600 0.00012510 = 0.210 = 0.001 J Therefore, the work done is 1.0 10^-3 J. The correct option is B. The solution's lists option A, but the extracted working clearly gives 1.0 10^-3 J, which matches option B.

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A square loop of area $25 \, \text{cm}^2$ has a resistance of $10 \, \Omega$ . The loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field of $40.0 \, \text{T}$ . The plane of the loop is perpendicular to the magnetic field. The work done in pulling the loop out of the magnetic field slowly and uniformly in $1.0$ second will be:

A
$2.5 \times 10^{-3} \, \text{J}$
B
$1.0 \times 10^{-3} \, \text{J}$
C
$1.0 \times 10^{-4} \, \text{J}$
D
$5.0 \times 10^{-3} \, \text{J}$

Answer

Correct answer:B

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Given: Area of square loop $A = 25 \, \text{cm}^2 = 25 \times 10^{-4} \, \text{m}^2$ , resistance $R = 10 \, \Omega$ , magnetic field $B = 40 \, \text{T}$ , time $t = 1.0 \, \text{s}$ .

Find: The work done in pulling the loop out of the magnetic field slowly and uniformly.

From the solution, the side of the square loop is

l = \sqrt{25 \, \text{cm}^2} = 5 \, \text{cm} = 0.05 \, \text{m}

Since the loop is pulled out uniformly in $1.0 \, \text{s}$ , the speed is

v = \frac{l}{t} = \frac{0.05}{1.0} = 0.05 \, \text{m/s}

Using the relation given in the solution,

W = \frac{B^2 v l^2}{R}

Substituting the values,

W = \frac{40^2 \cdot 0.05 \cdot 0.05^2}{10}

W = \frac{1600 \cdot 0.05 \cdot 0.0025}{10}

W = \frac{1600 \cdot 0.000125}{10} = \frac{0.2}{10} = 0.001 \, \text{J}

Therefore, the work done is $1.0 \times 10^{-3} \, \text{J}$ . The correct option is B.

The solution's lists option A, but the extracted working clearly gives $1.0 \times 10^{-3} \, \text{J}$ , which matches option B.

Common mistakes

Using the side length directly as the area is incorrect. The given area is $25 \, \text{cm}^2$ , so the side must be found using $l = \sqrt{A}$ . Always convert area to side length before using formulas involving $l$ .
Not converting $\text{cm}^2$ to SI units can lead to an incorrect numerical answer. Use $25 \, \text{cm}^2 = 25 \times 10^{-4} \, \text{m}^2$ and hence $l = 0.05 \, \text{m}$ .
Confusing the listed answer key with the derived result is a conceptual error. When the solution working gives a definite value, match that value with the options instead of blindly following the printed key.

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