An infinitely long straight wire carries a steady current vertically upward

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Problem

An infinitely long straight wire carries a steady current vertically upward. The direction of the magnetic field at a point located due west of the wire is (a) towards north\text{towards north} (b) towards east\text{towards east} (c) towards south\text{towards south} (d) towards west\text{towards west}

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