From Ampere's circuital law for a long straight wire of circular cross-section carrying a steady current, the variation of magnetic field in the inside and outside region of the wire is
- A.Uniform and remains constant for both the regions.
- B.A linearly increasing function of distance upto the boundary of the wire and then linearly decreasing for the outside region.
- C.A linearly increasing function of distance upto the boundary of the wire and then decreasing one with dependence for the outside region.
- D.A linearly decreasing function of distance upto the boundary of the wire and then a linearly increasing one for the outside region.
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Correct option: C
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