Two long parallel wires placed side-by-side on a horizontal table carry identical size currents in opposite directions

The wire on your right carries current toward you, and the wire on your left carries current away from you. From your point of view, the magnetic field at the point exactly midway between the two wires
A) points upward.
B) points downward.
C) points toward you.
D) points away from you.
E) is zero.


Answer: B

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