Consider two long, straight parallel wires, each carrying a current I. If the currents are flowing in the same direction:

a. the two wires will attract each other.
b. the two wires will repel each other.
c. neither wire will exert a force on the other.
d. the two wires will exert a torque on each other.


A

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