The current in a long wire creates a magnetic field in the region around the wire. How is the strength of the field at distance r from the wire center related to the magnitude of the field?

a. field directly proportional to r
b. field inversely proportional to r
c. field directly proportional to r2
d. field inversely proportional to r2


b

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