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Assume the magnetic field declination at your location is 22 degrees east of north. How should you orient a current carrying wire near a compass so that the compass will point directly toward geographic north, assuming the wire produces a field strong enough to deflect the compass

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The wire should be vertical and placed north of the compass

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