You are given two infinite, parallel wires, each carrying current.The wires are separated by a distance, and the current in the two wires is flowing in the same direction. This problem concerns the force per unit length between the wires.
A. Is the force between the wires attractive orrepulsive?
B. What is the force per unit length between the two wires?
Answer:
A. Attractive
B. ( μ₀I² ) / ( 2πd )