Two parallel wires in the plane of the paper are distance apart. A point charge is moving with speed between the wires in the same plane at a distance from one of the wires. When the wires carry current of magnitude in the same direction, the radius of curvature of the path of the point charge is . In contrast, if the currents in the two wires have directions opposite to each other, the radius of curvature of the path is . If , the value of is
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JEE Advanced 2014 · Paper 1, Physics question 14
Answer and worked solution
Official answer: 3
Distances. The charge is from one wire and from the other.
Fields. from each wire.
- Same direction: between the wires the fields oppose: .
- Opposite directions: they add: .
Radii. , so
Answer: 3