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Sirius Black

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Q:If the Earth's magnetic field is directed from geo S to geo N and a car carrying a postive charge is driven from E to W. What is the direction of the force on a car?
If u draw a sketch on the paper, then using right hand palm rule, the direction is determined to be "into the page" but how can we describe the answer in words (like u won't draw on a piece of paper and then say its into the page right?)

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down into the ground, towards the center of the earth
I don't think they'd be too picky
 

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Into the earth/Into the ground? You wouldn't think it would matter too much but science markers can be very picky...
 

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