Two identical

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Problem

Two identical, long, parallel wires are separated by 4 cm and each carries the same current directed due north. At a point exactly halfway between the two wires, is the net magnetic field directed into the page, out of the page, or does it have zero magnitude? Provide the answer and justify in one sentence.

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