Thursday, July 23, 2009

Student Answers Exp 5 1012

Q:  Explain how the earth's magnetic field could affect your results when measuring magnetic field directions around a DC wire.  Based only on your data, can you tell what side of the laboratory is facing (magnetic) north?
 
"The earth's magnetic field could possibly interfere with the needle of the compose by detecting the magnetic field produced from the current in the wire to the magnetic field that indicates north on earth.
The direction of the compass and the magnetic field of the earth is pointing to the back of the lab toward the door by the magnetic field earth actin on the  force this is the result of the sum of the vectors from the earth."

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Adam D Scott

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