A graphic illustration of a right hand gently grasping a large arrow pointed diagonally upward. The thumb is up pointing in the same direction as the arrow. A smaller arrow underneath the hand indicates the direction to wrap the fingers around the large arrow. The title of the image is File:Right hand rule simple.png

  • aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    I once used my left hand for the right hand rule because i was writing with my right hand during a physics test

    Needless to say, i got the wrong sign

    • Successful_Try543
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      2 months ago

      You may use the left hand, if you use the technical direction of current from ‘+’ to ‘-’.