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A Very Long Straight Wire Carries a 12-A Current Eastward

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A very long straight wire carries a 12-A current eastward and a second very long straight wire carries a 14-A current westward.The wires are parallel to each other and are 42 cm apart.Calculate the force on a 6.4 m length of one of the wires.(μ0 = 4π × 10-7 T • m/A)


A) 8.0 × 10-7 N
B) 5.1 × 10-4 N
C) 8.0 × 10-5 N
D) 5.1 × 10-6 N
E) 2.2 × 10-4 N

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