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A constant current of 2 A is flowing through a long thick copper wire held horizontally in the east-west direction. If the direction of current in the wire is from west to east, the direction of the magnetic field produced directly above the wire at all points would be from:

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1West to East
2North to South✓
3East to West
4South to North

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North to South

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