Identical currents flow in two perpendicular wires, as shown in the figure. The wires are very close but do not touch. The magnetic field can be zero:
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In region $2$ and region $4$ magnetic fields due to currents are in opposite direction. Due to one current it is into the plane of paper and due to other it is out of the plane of paper
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