Question

Consider a loop of wire whose plane is horizontal and that carries a current in the clockwise direction when viewed from above. If we were to represent the current loop as a bar magnet or magnetic dipole, in what direction would the north pole be pointing?

Answer 1

Answer:

Downwards into the plane

Explanation:

Solution:-

- This is a conceptual application of  hand rule. We will place our palm fingers open vertical to a plane surface. Then curl our fingers in and naturally point the thumb.

- The direction of curl of fingers denotes the direction of of current flow in the coil. Which in our case is "clockwise direction". We will orient/invert our right hand palm in such a way that we curl our fingers in clockwise fashion. Then stick the thumb out to give us the direction of magnetic field or North pole end. In our case the the thumb points downwards into the plane denoting that the magnetic field within the loop is also acting downwards into the plane.

- The bar magnet would be placed in such a way that North pole is pointing downward into the plane in the direction of magnetic field and end up at south pole pointing up out of the plane.