How Does Current Direction Affect Magnetic Field Orientation?

[Suyash Singh]

Homework Statement

current in wire is in east to west direction.direction of magneetic field below the line

Homework Equations

right hand thumb rule

The Attempt at a Solution

i used the right hand thumb rule to find the direction of magnetic field but the magnetic field comes out in in the upwards direction(out of plane) but the answer is in the south direction
my answer -upwards
real answer-south

Thankyou

 

[ehild]

Homework Statement

current in wire is in east to west direction.direction of magneetic field below the line

Homework Equations

right hand thumb rule

The Attempt at a Solution

i used the right hand thumb rule to find the direction of magnetic field but the magnetic field comes out in in the upwards direction(out of plane) but the answer is in the south direction
my answer -upwards
real answer-south

Thankyou

East to West defines a line, what plane do you speak about?

 

[cnh1995]

in in the upwards direction(out of plane)

Plane of the paper?
I think your answer is right.

 

[ehild]

Plane of the paper?
I think your answer is right.

The paper can be horizontal, vertical, or can stand in any direction.

East, West, North, South are defined in a horizontal plane.
The magnetic field lines are circles around the wire, with the wire as axis. Take a pencil as wire and do the right thumb rule in reality. In what direction do your fingers point under the wire?
This is a very bad drawing, I was not able to make a better one. The wire and the cardinal directions are in the horizontal plane.

 

[Suyash Singh]

East to West defines a line, what plane do you speak about?

the plane of paper since north south east west are in plane of paper.

 

[Suyash Singh]

this is the answer but my fingers are coming out of the plane of paper
like this

and this the actual question

I could get the numerical answer but not the the direction

 

[ehild]

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this is the answer but my fingers are coming out of the plane of paper
like this
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and this the actual question
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I could get the numerical answer but not the the direction

Your fingers come out of the paper beside the wire or above it. Just under the wire the fingers stand in the North-West direction, and having short fingers, the tips would point to the South. The green vector represents the direction of the magnetic field under the wire.

This is a side view: