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The bundle of wires can be thought of as a single current, but we have to be careful about determining how much current we have passing through the wires.</p>\n<p>First, we note that if there is a current $j_1$ in each wire, the total current is $Nj_1$, where $N$ is the number of wires.&nbsp; The field is then&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$\\displaystyle \\left|\\vec{H}\\right|={j\\over 2\\pi R}$</p>\n<p>In the first instance we have a constant potential difference across the bundle.&nbsp; Each wire has the same potential difference (voltage) so that by Ohms-law we can determine the current in one wire to be&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$\\displaystyle j_1={V\\over R_1}$</p>\n<p>where $R_1$ is the resistance of a single wire.&nbsp; We could determine the total resistance of the bundle to be $R_1/N$, since they are in parallel.&nbsp; Alternatively we could note that the same current, $j_1$, is flowing through each wire, so the total current is the sum of the currents over all the wires.&nbsp; Either way&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$\\displaystyle j={NV \\over R_1}$</p>\n<p>For the second case we have a constant current source attached to the wires.&nbsp; This specifies the current all the wires together, so that in this case the input current is split between the {nwires} wires, i.e.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$\\displaystyle j_1={j\\over N}$</p>\n<p>We're not really interested in $j_1$, so we simply use $j$ for the determination of the field.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The assumptions we need to make is that the bundle of wires is tightly packed so that the distance we're determining the field further from the bundle that the overall cross-sectional area of the bundle.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>", "rulesets": {}, "extensions": [], "variables": {"nwires": {"name": "nwires", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(10..100)", "description": "<p>Number of wires in the bundle</p>", "templateType": "anything"}, "mu": {"name": "mu", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "4*10^-7*pi", "description": "<p>Permeability of free space in Tm/A</p>", "templateType": "anything"}, "diametermm": {"name": "diametermm", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(0.1..1#0.1)", "description": "<p>Diameter of each wire in mm.</p>", "templateType": "anything"}, "distancecm": {"name": "distancecm", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(1..5#0.1)", "description": "<p>Distance from the (centre of) the bundle to the point at which the field is being determined.</p>", "templateType": "anything"}, "hpd": {"name": "hpd", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "currentv/2/pi/distance", "description": "", "templateType": "anything"}, "distance": {"name": "distance", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "distancecm*0.01", "description": "", "templateType": "anything"}, "current": {"name": "current", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(0.1..0.5#0.01)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything"}, "voltage": {"name": "voltage", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(1..5)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything"}, "currentv": {"name": "currentv", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "voltage*1.0/(resistance/nwires)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything"}, "resistance": {"name": "resistance", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(1..10)", "description": "<p>Resistance of each wire in Ohms.</p>", "templateType": "anything"}, "hi": {"name": "hi", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "current/2/pi/distance", "description": "", "templateType": "anything"}}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "ungrouped_variables": ["nwires", "mu", "diametermm", "distancecm", "hpd", "distance", "current", "voltage", "currentv", "resistance", "hi"], "variable_groups": [], "functions": {}, "preamble": {"js": "", "css": ""}, "parts": [{"type": "gapfill", "useCustomName": true, "customName": "H-field", "marks": 0, "scripts": {}, "customMarkingAlgorithm": "", "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, "unitTests": [], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "variableReplacements": [], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "nextParts": [], "suggestGoingBack": false, "adaptiveMarkingPenalty": 0, "exploreObjective": null, "prompt": "<p>The wires are circular in cross-section and have a diameter of {diametermm}mm.&nbsp; 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