Finding magnetic force direction using Fleming's left hand rule

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Hi! I got the magnitude using F=qvB using information from the top of the qs. But the direction is confusing me. I used the Fleming's left hand rule but it sort of isn't giving me the right answer
 

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Devs said:
isnt giving me the right answer
What IS your answer and why do you claim it is wrong ?
 
BvU said:
What IS your answer and why do you claim it is wrong ?

I got an outward direction while the answer says downwards/towards south.
 
Devs said:
I got an outward direction
That would make it parallel to the current. The left- and right-hand rules relate three vectors which are mutually at right angles.
 
For this I learned the corkscrew rule: which way does the corkscrew go when you turn it from ##\vec v## to ##\vec B## ?