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A straight wire lying in a horizontal plane carries a current from magnetic north to magnetic south. What is the direction of force felt by the wire?

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Magnetic field are directed from the north pole to the south pole. No force will be felt by the conductor as the direction of current is parallel to the direction of the magnetic field.

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