Magnetic Force on Electron near Long Wire

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Homework Statement

A long, straight wire carries a 15-A current along the +y axis. What is the force on an electron located instantaneously at x= 6 cm and moving with a speed of 10^6 m/s in the following directions:
a) away from the wire along the +x axis?

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The Attempt at a Solution

Like i know that the current is flowing up the y-axis but like i tried using the right hand rule to find the current (my thumb points towards current and fingers curl downwards--so magnetic field is downward..is that right??

 

[xcvxcvvc]

I'm not sure what you mean by the magnetic field is "downward"

I've uploaded a picture showing the correct direction of the magnetic field in the x-y plane.[PLAIN]http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6974/98705090.jpg

so at a point along the positive x-axis, the magnetic field is directed along the negative z-axis.