alleryStart learning →The right hand rule for a straight current-carrying wire: the thumb shows the:
Acurrent direction
Bfield direction
Cforce direction
Dcharge sign
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. current direction
With the thumb along the current, the curled fingers show the circulating direction of the field.
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