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AP Physics C: E&M
12.3 Magnetic Fields of Current-Carrying Wires and the Biot-Savart Law
12.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges
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The diagram shows an xy-coordinate plane with a vertical axis labeled y and a horizontal axis labeled x. A thick vertical solid line lies along the y-axis with a single upward arrow labeled \(I_1\). On the positive x-axis, a point is labeled \((d, 0)\). A semicircular arc of radius \(R\) is centered at \((d, 0)\) and curves to the right from \((d, -R)\) through \((d + R, 0)\) to \((d, R)\). A small curved arrow along the semicircle indicates the direction of current \(I_2\) flowing counterclockwise. A dashed straight line segment extends from \((d, 0)\) to an arbitrary point on the arc in the first quadrant, labeled with radius \(R\). A small curved angle marker between the positive x-axis and this dashed segment is labeled \(\theta\). No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Semicircular current loop in the field of a long straight current-carrying wire.
A long, straight wire carrying a steady current \(I_1\) in the \(+y\)-direction lies along the \(y\)-axis in the \(xy\)-plane. In the region \(x > 0\), a thin semicircular wire of radius \(R\) is centered at the point \((d, 0)\), where \(d > R\), and carries a steady counterclockwise current \(I_2\). Points on the semicircle are parameterized by the angle \(\theta \in [-\pi/2, \pi/2]\) measured relative to the \(+x\)-axis, such that the position of an element on the wire is \((d + R\cos\theta, R\sin\theta)\). Which of the following integral expressions correctly represents the magnitude of the net magnetic force exerted on the semicircular wire by the straight wire?

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