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Jean-Baptiste Biot contributed to our understanding of magnetism through what law?

  • Ohm's Law

  • Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction

  • Ampere's Law

  • Biot-Savart law

Answer

The Biot-Savart law describes the magnetic field around a current-carrying wire. It states that the strength of the magnetic field at a point is proportional to the current flowing through the wire and inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the wire. The direction of the magnetic field is given by the right-hand rule.
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