Have you heard of Ampere's law? That is what you need to use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amp%C3%A8re%27s_circuital_law
The answer should be obvious for the same-direction case. For the opposite-direction case, double the field due to a single wire.
Two long, parallel wires separated by 50 cm each carry currents of 3.0 A in a horizontal direction.
Find the magnetic field midway between the wires if the currents are in the same direction.
B= T
Find if they are in opposite directions.
B= T
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