A long straight wire carrics a current directed upwards as shown in the diagram

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A long straight wire carrics a current directed upwards as shown in the diagram to the right. The magnetic field created by this wire can be best described by which one of the following statements? the magnetic field points away from the wire on both the left and right the magnetic field points towards the wire on both the left and right side the magnetic field point into the paper on the left and out of the paper on the right the magnetic field point out of the paper on the left and into the paper on the right

Explanation / Answer

d) the magnetic field point out of the paper on the left and into the paper on right

from right hand rule we get that

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