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Given below are two statements:Statement I: Biot-Savart's law gives the expression for the magnetic field strength of an infinitesimal current element () of a current carrying conductor only.Statement II: Biot-Savart’s law is analogous to Coulomb's inverse square law of charge , with the former being related to the field produced by a scalar source, while the latter being produced by a vector source, .In light of above statements choose the most appropriate answer:

  1. A
    Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
  2. B
    Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
  3. C
    Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
  4. D
    Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct

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1. Statement I is correct: Biot-Savart's law is fundamentally defined for an infinitesimal element .2. Statement II is incorrect: In Biot-Savart's law, the source is the current element , which is a vector source. In Coulomb's law, the source is charge , which is a scalar source. The statement incorrectly swaps these terms.

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Given below are two statements:Statement I: Biot-Savart's law gives the expression for the magnetic field strength of an infinitesimal current element () of a current carrying conductor only.Statement II: Biot-Savart’s law is analogous to Coulomb's inverse square law of charge , with the former being related to the field produced by a scalar source, while the latter being produced by a vector source, .In light of above statements choose the most appropriate answer:
A
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
B
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
C
Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
D
Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct

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