Two long straight parallel wires A and B are apart and perpendicular to the plane of…
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Problem
Two long straight parallel wires A and B are 5cm apart and perpendicular to the plane of the paper. Wire A (on the left) carries a current of 4A into the paper, while wire B (on the right) carries 4A out of the paper. At the point exactly midway between the wires, what is the direction of the net magnetic field?
(a) North
(b) Into the page
(c) South
(d) East