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Problem 1: floating wire? Three long straight wires are directed into the page. They each carry equal currents in the directions shown in the figure. The lower two wires are attached to a table. The upper wire is in the middle above them as shown, gravity

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Problem 1: floating wire? Three long straight wires are directed into the page. They each carry equal currents in the directions shown in the figure. The lower two wires are attached to a table. The upper wire is in the middle above them as shown, gravity

Three long straight wires are directed into the page. They each carry equal currents in the directions shown in the figure. The lower two wires are attached to a table. The upper wire is in the middle above them as shown, gravity is acting on it vertically. Is it possible for this wire to "float" so to form a triangle (as shown) with the lower wires? Explain your reasoning in details, showing how you have applied the appropriate physics principle and/or laws.