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Consider a long thin conducting wire carrying a uniform current I. A particle having mass " M " and charge " q " is released at a distance " a " from…

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Consider a long thin conducting wire carrying a uniform current I. A particle having mass " M " and charge " qqq " is released at a distance " aaa " from the wire with a speed v0v_0v0​ along the direction of current in the wire. The particle gets attracted to the wire due to magnetic force. The particle turns round when it is at distance xxx from the wire. The value of xxx is [ μ0\mu_0μ0​ is vacuum permeability]

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Held on 28 Jan 2025 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    ae−4πmvoqμoIa e^{-\frac{4 \pi \mathrm{mv}_{\mathrm{o}}}{\mathrm{q} \mu_{\mathrm{o}} \mathrm{I}}}ae−qμo​I4πmvo​​

  2. B

    a[1−mvo2qμoI]a\left[1-\frac{\mathrm{mv}_{\mathrm{o}}}{2 q \mu_{\mathrm{o}} \mathrm{I}}\right]a[1−2qμo​Imvo​​]

  3. C

    a[1−mvqμoI]a\left[1-\frac{\mathrm{mv}}{\mathrm{q} \mu_{\mathrm{o}} \mathrm{I}}\right]a[1−qμo​Imv​]

  4. D

    a2\frac{a}{2}2a​

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