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    $\begingroup$ What do you think? Have you tried using the Biot Savart law on this system? Can the wires be taken to be infinite if they are not parallel? $\endgroup$
    – Physiker
    Commented Feb 21 at 7:46
  • $\begingroup$ Integrate the force on each infinitesimal segment. $\endgroup$
    – Ghoster
    Commented Feb 21 at 7:47
  • $\begingroup$ Probably 3D is meant so the wires can be infinite and not parallel. Writing down the double integral over the two wires to find the force will be a bit challenging, finding out whether it has a closed-form result would have been the other interesting task in the old days, but nowadays it is of course a matter of "try the engine". $\endgroup$
    – Jos Bergervoet
    Commented Feb 21 at 7:58
  • $\begingroup$ What did you try to answer this question yourself? $\endgroup$
    – Hyperon
    Commented Feb 21 at 8:05
  • $\begingroup$ Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. $\endgroup$
    – Community Bot
    Commented Feb 21 at 8:31