Question: A current-carrying wire has been bent into the form shown in Figure P28.74, with a half-circle of radius (R_{1}) lying in the (x y) plane

A current-carrying wire has been bent into the form shown in Figure P28.74, with a half-circle of radius \(R_{1}\) lying in the \(x y\) plane connected via two straight segments to a half-circle of radius \(R_{2}\) lying in the \(y z\) plane. The current direction is as indicated. If \(R_{2}=1.5 R_{1}\), what is the direction of the magnetic field at \(\mathrm{P}\), which lies at the common center of the half-circles?

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Figure P28.74 R R,

Figure P28.74 R R,

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