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An arbitrarily curved wire that carries a current between two endpoints in the presence of a uniform magnetic field will experience the same net magnetic force as a straight wire carrying the same current between the same endpoints. Essentially, any forces experienced by parts of the wire that curve or twist away from the straight-line path are canceled out by forces on sections that curve back toward the original path. Furthermore, if the wire forms a closed loop in between the endpoints, the net force on the closed loop is zero.
Using this result, consider a town where the Earth's magnetic field has a magnitude of \(47.8\mu \) T. The magnetic field vector lies in a vertical plane defined by the north-south and up-down axes, and it points \(60.0^{\circ}\) below the northward direction. In this town, a storefront window lies along the north-south vertical plane, and in the window is a neon sign (which is a thin current-carrying discharge tube). The sign carries a 35.7 mA current, starting from the lower south corner of the window, and ending at the opposite corner, which is 1.47 m to the north and 0.850 m upward. The sign spells out the word "DONUTS" between the two points. What is the net vector magnetic force (in \(\mu \mathrm{N}\)) on the neon sign? (Take east to be the \(+x \)-axis, up to be the \(+y \)-axis, and south to be the \(+z \)-axis. Do not include units in your answer.)
\[
\overrightarrow{\mathbf{F}}_{B}=
\]
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