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Two free parallel wires carrying currents in opposite direction

A

Attract each other

B

Repel each other

C

Neither attract nor repel

D

Get rotated to be perpendicular to each other

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The correct Answer is:
B

Two wires, if carriers current in opposite direction they repel each other.
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