Mohsin places a current-carrying wire as shown below; what would be the direction of the electric current from the direction of the magnetic field?

Into the page.

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Out of the page

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To the right

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Perpendicular to the page

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Solution

The correct options are
B Out of the page
D Perpendicular to the page
Mohsin has to apply right hand thumb rule which gives the required current direction in the conductor as upward i.e. out of the page as the magnetic field is anti-clockwise

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Mohsin places a current-carrying wire as shown below; what would be the direction of the electric current from the direction of the magnetic field?

The correct options are B Out of the page D Perpendicular to the pageMohsin has to apply right hand thumb rule which gives the required current direction in the conductor as upward i.e. out of the page as the magnetic field is anti-clockwise

The correct options are
B Out of the page
D Perpendicular to the page
Mohsin has to apply right hand thumb rule which gives the required current direction in the conductor as upward i.e. out of the page as the magnetic field is anti-clockwise