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Two long parallel wires are at a distance 2d apart. They carry steady equal currents flowing out of the plane of the paper as shown. The variation of the magnetic field B along the line XX' is given by
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Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
A
The magnetic field varies inversely with the distance for a long conductor. That is, 
so, graph is the correct one.
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