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| Notice that this force is repellent - the force on Wire 1 would push it away from Wire 2 and the force on Wire 2 would push it away from Wire 1. Had the two current been going in the same direction, one can imagine that the two wires would attract each other. | Notice that this force is repellent - the force on Wire 1 would push it away from Wire 2 and the force on Wire 2 would push it away from Wire 1. Had the two current been going in the same direction, one can imagine that the two wires would attract each other. | ||
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| - | If we apply RHR to this problem this can help us evaluate our solution. If we point our fingers in the direction of current and curl towards the external magnetic field we can find the resultant force direction for each wire. These directions will align with the forces calculated above and we can be confident in our solution. | ||