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Homework Statement
A small, thin coil with N2 loops, each of area A2, is placed inside a long solenoid, near its center. The solenoid has N1 loops in its length L and has area A1. Find the mutual inductance as a function of θ, the angle between the plane of the small coil and the axis of the solenoid.
Homework Equations
M2 = N2[itex]\phi[/itex]2/I1
[itex]\phi[/itex]2 = BA2cos(θ) = μ0(N1/L)I1A2cos(θ)
The Attempt at a Solution
If we just substitute for [itex]\phi[/itex]2 into the equation for M2, we get that
M2 = (N2/I1)BA2cos(θ) = μ0(N1N2/L)A2cos(θ)
Everything is right here except that the correct solution has sin(θ) instead of cos(θ). Why is that? Isn't the magnetic flux defined as a dot product?