Consider a straight wire in the plane of this paper and parallel to this printed line. If the wire carried a conventional current from left to right, what would be the directions of the magnetic field on each side of the wire? (Make a sketch)

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Problem 67AP: The accompanying figure shows a long, straight wire carrying a current of 10 A. What is the magnetic...
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Consider a straight wire in the plane of this paper and parallel to this printed line. If the wire carried a conventional current from left to right, what would be the directions of the magnetic field on each side of the wire? (Make a sketch) 

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