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The direction of current is opposite to the direction of flow of electrons. So does this mean
current is a vector quantity? Why / Why not?

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Current consider both as vector and scalar quantity because current has both magnitude and direction .so,it consider as vector but a vector has to obey the law of algebraic addition but current follow this law. So, current is also consider as scalar quantity.
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