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A wire carries current in the plane of this screen toward the top of the screen. The wire experiences a magnetic force toward the right edge of the screen. Is the direction of the magnetic field causing this force

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Answer:

The direction of the magnetic field causing this force is

In the plane of the screen and towards the bottom of the egde

Step-by-step explanation:

This is by applying Fleming s right hand rule which explains that

When a conductor such as a wire attached to a circuit moves through a magnetic field, an electric current is induced in the wire due to Faraday's law of induction. The current in the wire can have two possible directions. Fleming's right-hand rule gives which direction the current flows.

The right hand is held with the thumb, index finger and middle finger mutually perpendicular to each other (at right angles), as shown in the diagram.[1]

The thumb is pointed in the direction of the motion of the conductor relative to the magnetic field.

The first finger is pointed in the direction of the magnetic field. (north to south)

Then the second finger represents the direction of the induced or generated current within the conductor (from the terminal with lower electric potential to the terminal with higher electric potential, as in a voltage source)

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