Suppose that you're facing a straight current-carrying conductor......?

Question

and the current is flowing toward you. The lines of magnetic force at any point in the magnetic field will act in?


A. the same direction as the current.
B. a clockwise direction.

C. the direction opposite to the current.

D. a counterclockwise direction.

Answer 1

D. counterclockwise.

You use the "right-hand-rule". Curl the fingers of your right hand and point your thumb at your eyes. Your fingers point in the direction of the magnetic flux lines (notice they are curled in a counterclockwise direction).

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Answer 2

Take your good hand and factor your good thumb in direction of you. you ought to word your different hands curling interior the counterclockwise course. Your thumb represents the present and your hands characterize the magnetic container strains.