Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Biot-Savart's law gives us the expression for the magnetic field strength of an infinitesimal current element (Idl) of a current carrying conductor only.
Statement II: Biot-Savart's law is analogous to Coulomb's inverse square law of charge q, with the former being related to the field produced by a scalar source, Idl while the latter being produced by a vector source, q.
In light of above statements choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
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Answer: (c)
- Statement I: Biot-Savart law gives due to a current element , so it is correct.
- Statement II: is a vector source while charge is a scalar source; the statement swaps them, so it is incorrect.
- So the answer is (c) Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect.