Physics 30 - Jan 11

Today we looked at how to calculate the magnetic force and how to determine the direction of the force using the right hand rule.  This was covered on slides 34-41 in the unit 5 notes powerpoint. Students had some time to work on Assignment 5.3 today, which we will take up tomorrow.  Tomorrow we will look at how the magnetic force causes charges to undergo circular motion and some technology that has been developed to utilize this fact.