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Force per unit length acting at one end of each of the two long parallel wires, carrying current I each, kept distance r apart is

A

`(mu_(0))/(4pi)(I_(1)I_(2))/(r)`

B

`(mu_(0))/(4pi)(I_(1)I_(2))/(r)`

C

`(mu_(0))/(4pi)(2I_(1)I_(2))/(r)`

D

`(mu_(0))/(4pi)(I_(1)I_(2))/(4r)`

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