Question
What current is needed in the solenoid described in Exercise 22.58 to produce a magnetic field 10410^4 times the Earth’s magnetic field of 5.00×105 T5.00 \times 10^{-5} \textrm{ T}?
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39.8 A39.8 \textrm{ A}

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OpenStax College Physics for AP® Courses, Chapter 22, Problem 65 (Problems & Exercises)

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This is College Physics Answers with Shaun Dychko. In this question we have a solenoid with ten thousand turns per meter and the magnetic field inside is meant to be ten to the four times the magnetic field due to the earth. So the earth has a field of about five times ten to the minus five Tesla, so times by ten to the four gives us 0.500 Tesla. So the magnetic field inside the solenoid is the permeability of free space, assuming there's just nothing inside the solenoid, times the number of turns per meter, times the current. We'll solve this for I by dividing both sides by mu naught n. So I is magnetic field over mu naught n. So that's 0.5 Tesla divided by four pi times ten to the minus seven Tesla meters per amp, times ten thousand turns per meter, giving us 39.8 amps of current.