Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 31, Problem 24SP
Two long parallel wires in vacuum are 4 cm apart and carry currents of 2 A and 6 A in the same direction. Compute the force between the wires per meter of wire length.
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