Two very long straight wires, the distance between them (30 mm), a current of intensity (1.2 amp) passes through the first, and through the second (5 amp), in the same direction as the first current, find the magnitude of the force exerted on (4 m) from each of the two wires?

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Two very long straight wires, the distance
between them (30 mm), a current of
intensity (1.2 amp) passes through the first,
and through the second (5 amp), in the
same direction as the first current, find the
magnitude of the force exerted on (4 m)
from each of the two wires?
Transcribed Image Text:Two very long straight wires, the distance between them (30 mm), a current of intensity (1.2 amp) passes through the first, and through the second (5 amp), in the same direction as the first current, find the magnitude of the force exerted on (4 m) from each of the two wires?
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