I don\'t understand why the current is going clockwise. I thought it was going c

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I don't understand why the current is going clockwise. I thought it was going counter clockwise. Please explain why using right hand rule.

4. +5/5 points | Previous Answers M14 17.7.039 My Notes Batteries not shown A wire is connected to batteries (not shown), and current flows through the wire. The wire lies flat on a table, and you are looking down on it from above. The wire is laid on top of a compass, resting about 3 mm above the needle. The distance d is 5.5 cm. The compass needle deflects 14 degrees from North, as shown. At this location the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field is 2e-5 tesla What is the direction of the magnetic field at location A, midway between the wires, due to the current in the wire? Into the page

Explanation / Answer

according to right hand thumb rule the thumb fingure shows the direction of current and the fingure will curl in the direction of magnetic field.

from the Oersted experiment the direction of compass needle shows the direction of current..

in this figure ,on the direction of the north the current flows. so the current is clockwise and magnetic field is into the page.

(in reverse direction of deflection of compass neddle the current flow counter-clock wise.)

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