I. NORTH Wire Wire EAST SOUTH Ii Wire 1 in the figure above has a constant curre

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I. NORTH Wire Wire EAST SOUTH Ii Wire 1 in the figure above has a constant current 11 that goes due North. Wire 2 has a constant current I2 that goes due South. What are the directions of the magnetic forces on each wire? The force on Wire 1 is directed East and the force on Wire 2 is directed West. The force on Wire 1 is directed North and the force on Wire 2 is directed South. The force on Wire 1 is directed South and the force on Wire 2 is directed North. The force on Wire 1 is directed West and the force on Wire 2 is directed East. The force on both wires is directed into the page

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Two parallel wires with currents flowing in opposite directions repel each other. So the force on wire1 is directed west and the force on wire 2 is directed east.

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