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A wire AA, bent in the shape of an arc of a circle, carrying a current of 2A2A and having radius 2cm2cm and another wire BB, also bent in the shape of an arc of a circle, carrying a current of 3A3A and having radius of 4cm4\text{cm}, are placed as shown in the figure. The ratio of the magnetic fields due to the wires A\text{A} and B\text{B} at the common centre O\text{O} is:

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Answer: (D) 6:56:5

Given,
Current in the arc
AA is i1=2A{i}_{1}=2A
Current in the arc
BB is i2=3A{i}_{2}=3A
Radius of arc
AA is R1=2cm{R}_{1}=2cm
Radius of arc
BB is R2=4cm{R}_{2}=4cm
Magnetic field at the centre of circular current carrying arc is given by

BC=μ0i4πR(θ)...(1){B}_{C}=\dfrac{{\mu }_{0}i}{4\pi R}\left(\theta \right)...(1)
Where,
θ\theta is the angle subtended at centre.
Magnetic field at the centre due to arc
AA and BB is given by
BA=μ0i14πR1(2π−π2)...(2){B}_{A}=\dfrac{{\mu }_{0}{i}_{1}}{4{\pi R}_{1}}\left(2\pi -\dfrac{\pi }{2}\right)...\left(2\right)
BB=μ0i24πR2(2π−π3)...(3){B}_{B}=\dfrac{{\mu }_{0}{i}_{2}}{4{\pi R}_{2}}\left(2\pi -\dfrac{\pi }{3}\right)...\left(3\right)
Dividing equation (2) by (1), we get

⇒BABB=i1i2×R2(2π−π2)R1(2π−π3)\Rightarrow \dfrac{{B}_{A}}{{B}_{B}}=\dfrac{{i}_{1}}{{i}_{2}}\times \dfrac{{R}_{2}\left(2\pi -\dfrac{\pi }{2}\right)}{{R}_{1}\left(2\pi -\dfrac{\pi }{3}\right)}
⇒BABB=23×42×3π2×35π\Rightarrow \dfrac{{B}_{A}}{{B}_{B}}=\dfrac{2}{3}\times \dfrac{4}{2}\times \dfrac{3\pi }{2}\times \dfrac{3}{5\pi }
⇒BABB=65\Rightarrow \dfrac{{B}_{A}}{{B}_{B}}=\dfrac{6}{5}

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