Consider a pair of straight, parallel horizontal wires 2.0 [mm] apart carrying equal currents of 2.0 [A] in opposite directions. What force per unit length does each wire exert on the other? O A. 2.0 x 10-4 [N/m], attractive O B. 2.0 x 10-4 [N/m], repulsive O C. 4.0 x 10-4 [N/m], attractive O D. 4.0 x 104 [N/m], repulsive

Consider a pair of straight, parallel horizontal wires 2.0 [mm] apart carrying equal currents of 2.0 [A] in opposite directions. What force per unit length does each wire exert on the other? O A. 2.0 x 10-4 [N/m], attractive O B. 2.0 x 10-4 [N/m], repulsive O C. 4.0 x 10-4 [N/m], attractive O D. 4.0 x 104 [N/m], repulsive

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Chapter12: Sources Of Magnetic Fields

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