An eight-turn coil encloses an elliptical area having a major axis of 40.0 cm and a minor axis of 30.0 cm (see figure). The coil lies in the plane of the page and has a 6.20-A current flowing clockwise around it. If the coil is in a uniform magnetic field of 1.98×10−4 T directed toward the left of the page, what is the magnitude of the torque on the coil? Hint: The area of an ellipse is A = πab, where a and b are, respectively, the semimajor and semiminor axes of the ellipse. N⋅m

An eight-turn coil encloses an elliptical area having a major axis of 40.0 cm and a minor axis of 30.0 cm (see figure). The coil lies in the plane of the page and has a 6.20-A current flowing clockwise around it. If the coil is in a uniform magnetic field of 1.98×10−4 T directed toward the left of the page, what is the magnitude of the torque on the coil? Hint: The area of an ellipse is A = πab, where a and b are, respectively, the semimajor and semiminor axes of the ellipse. N⋅m

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An eight-turn coil encloses an elliptical area having a major axis of 40.0 c m and a minor axis of 30.0 c m (see figure). The coil lies in the plane of the page and has a 6.20-A current flowing clockwise around it. If the coil is in a uniform magnetic field of 1.98 × 10 4 T directed toward the left of the page, what is the magnitude of the torque on the coil? Hint: The area of an ellipse is A = π a b , where a and b are, respectively, the semimajor and semiminor axes of the ellipse. N m

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