Magnetic Field of Straight Wires
As shown in the figure, two infinitely long, identical wires are bent by 90° and placed in such a way that the segments LP and QM are along the x-axis, while segments PS and QN are parallel to the y- axis. If OP = OQ = 4cm, and the magnitude of the magnetic field at O is 10–4 T, and the two wires carry equal currents (see figure), the magnitude of the current in each wire and the direction of the magnetic field at O will be (0 = 4 10–7 NA–2):

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Answer: (c)
- LP and QM lie on the x-axis through O, so they give zero field.
- PS and QN are semi-infinite, each starting at the foot of the perpendicular from O at cm: each, both into the page.
- A
- So the answer is (c) 20 A, into the page.