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Date November 2020 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 20N.1A.SL.TZ0.20
Level SL Paper 1A Time zone TZ0
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20N.1A.SL.TZ0.20

A current in a wire lies between the poles of a magnet. What is the direction of the electromagnetic force on the wire?

 

[1]

Markscheme

A

Examiners report

Many chose option C, the opposite of the correct response. As always in electromagnetism questions, students need to consider carefully which hand and which fingers to use. We do tend to say that there is little that needs to be memorised in physics, this is probably one of them.

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