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Why is electric current scalar quantity with having direction ?​
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Why is electric current scalar quantity with having direction ?​

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It represents the direction of flow of positive charge but it is treated as a scalar quantity because current follows the laws of scalar addition and not the laws of vector addition, because the angle between the wires carrying current does not affect the total current in the circuit.

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It represents the direction of flow of positive charge but is treated as a scalar quantity because current follows the laws of scalar addition and not the laws of vector addition. The angle between the wires carrying current does not affect the total current in the circuit.

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