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Two thin, long parallel wires separated by a distance ‘ ’ carry a current of ‘ ’ A in the same direction. They will:

  1. A
    attract each other with a force of
  2. B
    repel each other with a force of
  3. C
    attract each other with a force of
  4. D
    repel each other with a force of

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Parallel wires carrying currents in the same direction attract each other.The force per unit length is given by:

Since :

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Two thin, long parallel wires separated by a distance ‘ ’ carry a current of ‘ ’ A in the same direction. They will:
A
attract each other with a force of
B
repel each other with a force of
C
attract each other with a force of
D
repel each other with a force of

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