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📅 NSB 2017🎓 HS🔄 Round 16#️⃣ Q13🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

A 50-centimeter-long wire with mass 10 grams is suspended horizontally from a ceiling, parallel to the x-axis. There is a uniform 1-tesla magnetic field oriented in the y direction. Assuming gravity is 10 meters per second squared, what is the magnitude of the current, in amperes to the nearest tenth, that the wire must carry in order to experience no net force?

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