Find the magnetic field at the origin

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actually the -4.66x10^-5 is negative not positive i just edited it like 2 sec b4 ur reply i hope this was the mistake
 
gkamal said:
actually the -4.66x10^-5 is negative not positive i just edited it like 2 sec b4 ur reply i hope this was the mistake
Yes, that was the mistake. So, your final answer is?
 
-2.48x10^-5 T in the i direction and -4.66x10^-5 in the j direction
 
Yes it is right but just to make sure the B of I3 becomes positive because it's value is negative and it is point in the -x , thus it would be point in the +x with a positive value since 2 negatives cancel right?

btw thank you so much for your help
 
gkamal said:
Yes it is right but just to make sure the B of I3 becomes positive because it's value is negative and it is point in the -x , thus it would be point in the +x with a positive value since 2 negatives cancel right?
That's not how I think about it. The field ##\vec{B}_3## produced by ##I_3## is a vector. So, I would not refer to it as being positive or negative. It has a magnitude that is positive. (All vectors have positive magnitude, by definition.) However, when I draw the direction of ##\vec{B}_3## in a sketch using the right hand rule for magnetic fields, I can see that it points to the right. So, the x-component is positive. [Edited]

btw thank you so much for your help
You are welcome. Glad I could be of some help.
 
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