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AP Physics C: E&M
12.3 Magnetic Fields of Current-Carrying Wires and the Biot-Savart Law
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Two perpendicular current-carrying wires and four surrounding points.
Two perpendicular current-carrying wires and four surrounding points.
Two long, insulated, straight wires lie in the \(xy\)-plane along the coordinate axes, each carrying a current \(I\) in the positive direction (along \(+x\) and \(+y\), respectively). Four points—\(P_1(a,a)\), \(P_2(-a,a)\), \(P_3(-a,-a)\), and \(P_4(a,-a)\)—are located in the four quadrants at equal distances \(a\) from both wires. At which pair of points is the net magnetic field magnitude greatest, and what is the direction of the net magnetic field at point \(P_2\)?

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