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A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0 cm carries a current of 0.40 A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field B at the centre of the coil?

The number of turns on the coil $(n)$ is given as 100

The radius of each turn $(r)$ is given as $8 \mathrm{~cm}$ or $0.08 \mathrm{~m}$

The magnitude of the current flowing in the coil (I) is given as $0.4 \mathrm{~A}$

The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of the coil can be calculated by the following relation:

$|\bar{B}|=\frac{\mu_{0} 2 \pi n I}{4 \pi r}$

where $\mu_{0}$ is the permeability of free space equal to $4 \pi \times 10^{-7} T m A^{-1}$

hence,

$|\bar{B}|=\frac{4 \pi \times 10^{-7}}{4 \pi} \times \frac{2 \pi \times 100 \times 0.4}{0.08}$

$=3.14 \times 10^{-4} T$

The magnitude of the magnetic field is $3.14 \times 10^{-4} T$.