A wire having mass per unit length of 0.425 g/cm carries a 2.34 A current horizontally to the south. What are the direction and magnitude of the minimum magnetic field needed to lift this wire vertically upward? magnitude     ______ T direction     A. eastward B. northward C. westward D. southward

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A wire having mass per unit length of 0.425 g/cm carries a 2.34 A current horizontally to the south. What are the direction and magnitude of the minimum magnetic field needed to lift this wire vertically upward?

magnitude     ______ T
direction    

A. eastward

B. northward

C. westward

D. southward

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