Current Problem
Electricity and Magnetism
Level
pending
A long straight conductor carrying carrying current I is kept fixed horizontally. What is the nature of the equilibrium of another conductor carrying current I' and placed parallel to the 1st one (I) ?
Stable for all cases
Stable if direction of I' is opposite as of I and kept above 1st one
Unstable for all cases
Unstable if direction of I' is same as of I and kept under 1st one
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1 solution
Two parallel current carrying wire carrying current in the same direction attract each other.