A straight wire is carrying a current upward. Observed from above (i.e., looking downward towards the wire), the magnetic field lines are

A. radially outward.
B. radially inward.
C. forming clockwise circles.
D. forming counter-clockwise circles.
E. directed toward the observer.


D. forming counter-clockwise circles.

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