Question

A 5.0 m portion of wire carries a current of 8.0 A from east to west. It experiences a magnetic field of 6.0 × 10^–4 T running from north to south. What is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic force on the wire?


2.4 × 10^–2 N upward


2.4 × 10^–2 N downward


1.2 × 10^–2 N downward


1.2 × 10^–2 N upward
bobpursley
Upward? Downward? What directions are those?

It force will be out of the plane, toward the observer. Is that Upward?

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