When the normal to a coil points in the direction of magnetic field (B), then flux is

a scalar quantity

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a vector quantity

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neither scalar nor vector

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uncertain

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Solution

The correct option is A a scalar quantity
Dot product of field and area vectors is flux . $Φ = B . d S$ , and we know dot product of two vectors is a scalar quantity.
Therefore, flux is scalar.

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