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In a co-axial straight cable, the central conductor and the outer conductor carry equal currents in opposite directions. The magnetic field is zero :
Ampere's Circuital Law: $$\oint \vec{B} \cdot d\vec{l} = \mu_0 I_{\text{enclosed}}$$
For a circular Amperean loop drawn completely outside the cable (at a radius greater than the outer conductor's radius):
$$I_{\text{enclosed}} = I_{\text{central}} + I_{\text{outer}}$$
Since the two conductors carry equal currents in opposite directions:
$$I_{\text{enclosed}} = I + (-I) = 0$$
$$\implies \oint \vec{B} \cdot d\vec{l} = 0 \implies B = 0$$
Answer: Option (A): outside the cable
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