Consider a wire at rest in a magnetic field as shown in the following figure. What will happen to the wire?





a.

A current will flow in the wire.



b.

The wire will be pushed perpendicular to the plane of the magnetic field.



c.

The wire will be pushed toward the north pole.



d.

Nothing will happen.


d

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