Electric current is a:

AVector quantity

BNeither

CScalar quantity

DBoth

Answer & Solution

Correct answer: C. Scalar quantity

Although current has direction in a circuit, it doesn't follow vector addition laws (currents don't add vectorially at junctions but algebraically). **Hence treated as scalar.**

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