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Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge 2018 Paper 1 Section B B7 a Solution by
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Use source coordinates and observation point . The axial numerator in the Biot-Savart law isFor much larger than the loop dimensions, replace the denominator by to leading order. Transverse components cancel between opposite sides. The loop integral is twice its oriented area, soThereforeIt points along on both halves of the dipole axis, not along the signed radial unit vector.
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