One long straight wire is to be held directly above another (both parallel to the ground and to each other) by repulsion between their currents. The lower wire carries 190 A and the wire 8.50 cm above it is 13-gauge (1.829 mm diameter) copper wire. (The density of copper is 8.80 ✕ 103 kg/m3.)
(a) What current (in A) must flow in the upper wire, neglecting the Earth's field?
(b) What is the smallest current (in A) if the Earth's 3.00 ✕ 10−5 T field is parallel to the ground and is not neglected?
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