Biot-Savart direction

Electricity and Magnetism Level 1

A current flows in the positive $y$ -direction through a current element of infinitesimal length located at the origin. What is the direction of the magnetic field at a point on the negative $x$ -axis?

+z

+x

-x

-y

-z

+y

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