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A student uses the right-hand rule as shown.

An illustration with a right hand with fingers curled and thumb pointed up.
What is the direction of the magnetic field in front of the wire closest to the student?

up
right
down
left

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Left.

With your thumb up the current is upward; curling your right-hand fingers shows the magnetic field circles the wire. The field at the point in front of you (closest to the student) points to the left.