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Which of the following is correct? When a current carrying wire is in your left hand, thumb in the direction of the magnetic field lines, your fingers point in the direction of the current. When a current carrying wire is in your left hand, thumb in the direction of the current, your fingers point in the direction of the magnetic field lines. When a current carrying wire is in your right hand, thumb in the direction of the magnetic field lines, your fingers point in the direction of the current. When a current carrying wire is in your right hand, thumb in the direction of the current, your fingers point in the direction of the magnetic field lines.

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B.) When the current flows up the wire, the magnetic field flows out on the left side of the wire and in on the right side of the wire.

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Answer:

When a current carrying wire is in your left hand, thumb in the direction of the magnetic field lines, your fingers point in the direction of the current

Step-by-step explanation:

This is in line with the left hand rule

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