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Posted by Sandhya on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 6:49pm.

Consider two small circular current loops. Suppose one loop is placed above the other (but not touching), with their areas oriented similarly. Do the loops repel, attract or have no effect when the currents are in the same direction? In the opposite direction?

physics - bobpursley, Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 7:44pm
do the right hand rule: thumb in direction of current on each, fingers curl in direction of magnetic field. They attract in if current in same direction.

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