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Figure 1 shows a horizontal conducting wire suspended in a laboratory with a uniform magnetic field directed vertically upwards.

The wire is aligned along the East-West axis and carries a conventional current flowing from East to West.

A horizontal conducting wire aligned East-West with conventional current pointing West. A magnetic field points vertically upwards.

Determine the direction of the magnetic force, FFF, acting on the wire.

Choose the correct direction from the following options:

  • North
  • South
  • Vertically upwards
  • Vertically downwards
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