alleryStart learning →Inside a thick wire carrying uniform current, the field at radius r varies
ARemains constant
BLinearly with r
CInverse to r
DAs r squared
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Linearly with r
The enclosed current grows as r^2 while the loop length grows as r, so B is proportional to r.
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