Credit-Card Magnetic Strips Experiments carried out on the television show Mythb

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Credit-Card Magnetic Strips Experiments carried out on the television show Mythbusters determined that a magnetic field of 1000 gauss is needed to corrupt the information on a credit card's magnetic strip. (They also busted the myth that a credit card can be demagnetized by an electric eel or an eelskin wallet.) Suppose a long, straight wire carries a current of 9.5A .

Part A

How close can a credit card be held to this wire without damaging its magnetic strip?

Express your answer using two significant figures.

Explanation / Answer

1000 gauss = 0.1 T

As we know

B = (

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