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EAugust

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on: Jul 28, 2018
Assuming the Moon actually travels in the same plane as the ecliptic, how many total lunar eclipses would occur each year? How many total solar eclipses?

Question 2

Two long, parallel wires each carry the same current I in the same direction (Fig. OQ30.4). The total magnetic field at the point P midway between the wires is:
 
  1.zero.
  2.directed into the page.
  3.directed out of the page.
  4.directed to the left.
  5.directed to the right?


durant1234

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

There would be a total of 12 lunar and 12 solar eclipses each year if the two planes
were the same.

Answer to Question 2

1


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