Why is the following situation impossible?

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The discussion centers on the impossibility of two parallel copper conductors, each 0.500 m in length and 250 mm in radius, carrying 10.0 A of current in opposite directions, repelling each other with a magnetic force of 1.00 N. It is clarified that the magnetic fields generated by the currents do not cancel out, as they interact in a way that leads to repulsion rather than cancellation. The confusion arises from the misunderstanding of the configuration of the conductors, which are indeed long parallel rods rather than circular conductors.

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1. Why is the following situation impossible? Two parallel copper
conductors each have length , L = 0.500 m and radius
r = 250 mm. They carry currents I = 10.0 A in opposite
directions and repel each other with a magnetic force FB =
1.00 N.



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3. I am thinking that it would be impossible since the magnetic field would cancel. is this right?
 
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no they would not cancel
 
I think i need help understanding if this is two long parallel conductors or is it a circle?
 
opposite current carrying rods repel each other
 

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