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Two long parallel wires and , separated by a distance of 6 cm , carry currents of 5 A and 4A, respectively, in opposite directions as shown in the figure. Magnitude of the resultant magnetic field at point P at a distance of 4 cm from wire Y is . The value of is . Take permeability of free space as SI units. 

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Magnetic field due to a long straight wire
The magnetic field at distance from a long straight wire carrying current is
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Understand the geometry
The two wires and are separated by .
Point is at a distance from wire .
From the standard figure for this question, lies on the line joining the wires, on the side of wire away from wire . Therefore,
So,
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Field at due to wire
Current in wire is .
=\frac{4\pi\times 10^{-7}\times 4}{2\pi\times 0.04}$$ $$B_Y=\frac{16\pi\times 10^{-7}}{0.08\pi}=2\times 10^{-5}\,\text{T}$$ -
Field at due to wire
Current in wire is .
=\frac{4\pi\times 10^{-7}\times 5}{2\pi\times 0.10}$$ $$B_X=\frac{20\pi\times 10^{-7}}{0.20\pi}=1\times 10^{-5}\,\text{T}$$ -
Direction of the fields
The currents are in opposite directions. At point (outside the two wires), by the right-hand rule, the magnetic fields due to the two wires are in opposite directions.
Hence the resultant magnitude is
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Find
Given so,
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