Two long straight parallel wires of length L carry currents of I1 and I2 in opposite directions. The force between them is
a) attractive
b) repulsive
c)zero
d) inversly proportional to L
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In the attached Figure, we consider two long straight parallel
wires carrying currents
and
in the opposite direction.
Wire #2 will experience a magnetic field
due to wire #1 in the direction indicated.
The direction of
indicated shows that wire #2 will be repelled from wire #1. In a
similar manner, one can show that wire #1 will experience a force
due to the magnetic field
of wire #2, and that this force
will have a magnitude equal to that of
but opposite in direction. Thus, wire #1 will be
repelled away from wire #2.
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