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Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge 2016 Paper 1 Section A A1 ii Solution by
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At perpendicular distance from the middle of a face, but outside the conductor, the strip approximates an infinite current sheet. The tangential field jump is and symmetry gives equal opposite fields on the two sides. Hence on either side. The centreline integral gives the same limit as . Uniform current across the width and distance from the strip edges are implicit in this sheet approximation; a nonuniform surface current would require its local value instead.
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