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forces between multiple lines (1 Viewer)

supsations

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if i have 3 lines

2A 3A 2A

^ ^
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
v

|--4cm--|--6cm--|

(v, ^ denote current direction)

how do i work out the net force on each wire?
and the net force on the middle wire.
 

thunderdax

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The trick to this kind of question is work out the 3 forces acting on each of the PAIRS of wires and then use vector addition on each to find the net force.
 

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