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A long, straight wire carrying a current of 344 A is placed in a uniform magnetic field that has a magnitude of 7.54 × 10-3 T. The wire is perpendicular to the field. Find a point in space where the net magnetic field is zero. Locate this point by specifying its perpendicular distance from the wire.
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