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Two identical wires A and B, each of length 'l', carry the same current I. Wire A is bent into a circle of radius R and wire B is bent to form a square of side 'a'. If \[{{B}_{A}}\]and \[{{B}_{B}}\]are the values of magnetic field at the centres of the circle and square respectively, then the ratio \[\frac{{{B}_{A}}}{{{B}_{B}}}\]is: [JEE Main Solved Paper-2016 ]

A) \[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{8\sqrt{2}}\]                                

B) \[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{8}\]

C) \[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{16\sqrt{2}}\]                             

D) \[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{16}\]

Correct Answer: A

Solution :

\[{{B}_{1}}=\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}i}{2r}\]      \[{{B}_{2}}{{=}^{4}}\times \frac{{{\mu }_{0}}}{4\pi }\times \frac{i}{\left( \frac{a}{2} \right)}\left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right)\] \[\frac{{{B}_{1}}}{{{B}_{2}}}=\frac{\pi a}{4\sqrt{2}r}\]                     \[\ell =2\pi r=4a\] \[\frac{{{B}_{1}}}{{{B}_{2}}}=\frac{\pi }{4\sqrt{2}}\frac{\pi }{2}\]                                \[\frac{a}{r}=\frac{2\pi }{4}=\frac{\pi }{2}\] \[=\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{8\sqrt{2}}\]