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Consider a current carrying wire in the shape of a circle. Note that as the current progresses along the wire, the direction of j (current density) changes in an exact manner, while the current I remain unaffected. The agent that is essentially responsible for is:

A

(a) source of e.m.f.

B

(b) electric field produced by charges accumulated on the surface of wire.

C

(c) the charges just behind a given segment of wire which push them just the right way be repulsion?

D

(d) the charges ahead

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