Calculate the final speed of the wire as it leaves the rails

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A rail gun accelerates a projectile from rest by using the magnetic force on a current-carrying wire. The wire has radius r = 4.3 10-4 m and is made of copper having a density of ? = 8960 kg/m3. The gun consists of rails of length L = 1.0 m in a constant magnetic field of magnitude B = 1.8 T, oriented perpendicular to the plane defined by the rails. The wire forms an electrical connection across the rails at one end of the rails. When triggered, a current of 1.10 104 A flows through the wire, which accelerates the wire along the rails. Calculate the final speed of the wire as it leaves the rails. (Neglect friction.) 1

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