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(Solved): What is the direction of the magnetic force on a positive charge that moves as shown in each of the ...
What is the direction of the magnetic force on a positive charge that moves as shown in each of the six cases shown in the image below? (Note: (a) has a F label by mistake; all green arrows are meant to be velocity. This note will be removed when fixed figure is available from openstax.) (a) ××Bin ? (c) (e) (b) (d) Case a:B is out of the page, v is down. Case b:B is to the right, v is up. Case c:B is in, v is to the right. Case d:B is to the right, v is to the left. Case e: B is up, v is into the page. Case f:B is to the left, v is out of the page. The direction of force in (a) is (f) direction in (c) is ?, direction in (d) is , direction in (e) is ?, and direction in (f) is u.
the magnetic force on a moving charged particle is given by here q is charged particle (here proton)v is velocityB is the magnetic field hence force direction is directly proportional to the cross product of vector v and B