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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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A horizontal axis labeled \(x\) and a perpendicular vertical axis labeled \(y\) intersect at an origin labeled \(O\). A thick solid line segment representing a wire lies directly on the horizontal axis, extending from a tick mark labeled \(-L\) to the left of the origin to a tick mark labeled \(2L\) to the right of the origin. An arrow positioned directly on the wire segment points to the right and is labeled \(I\). On the vertical axis above the origin, a solid dot at a tick mark labeled \(d\) represents point \(P\). No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A wire of length \(3L\) on the \(x\)-axis carrying current \(I\) near observation point \(P\).
A thin, straight wire carrying a steady current \(I\) in the \(+x\)-direction lies along the \(x\)-axis from \(x = -L\) to \(x = +2L\). An observation point \(P\) is located on the \(y\)-axis at \((0, d, 0)\), where \(d > 0\). Which of the following expressions correctly represents the integral setup for the net magnetic field vector \(\vec{B}\) at point \(P\) in terms of the given quantities, the unit vector \(\hat{k}\) pointing out of the page in the \(+z\)-direction, and fundamental constants?

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