Magnetic Field of Straight Wires
A wire carrying current has the shape shown in adjoining figure.

Linear parts of the wire are very long and parallel to X-axis while semicircular protion of radius R is lying in Y-Z plane. Magtnetic field at pont is
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Answer: (a)
- Each semi-infinite wire along X at distance from O: ; by both point along .
- Wires together: .
- Semicircle in Y-Z plane: , directed along for the current shown.
- So the answer is (a).