Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Katie on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 6:59pm.

A long straight horizontal segment of wire with 0.060 m traverses a west magnetic field with 2.0 T. If a south current with 4.0 A flows through the wire, which one of the following statements concerning the effect of the magnetic force on the wire is true.

a) The wire will be pushed to the left
b) The wire will be pushed to the right
c) The wire will be pushed into the plane of the paper
d) The wire will be pushed out of the plane of the paper

Physics - bobpursley, Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 7:10pm
see your text on the right hand rule.

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