when placed above a current carrying straight wire, a compass needle points to the west but when placed below the same wire,the needle points to east
in which direction is the current flowing in the wire?
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When placed above a current carrying straight wire, a compass needle points to the north(which is the magnetic south pole), Hence magnetic field at point just above the wire is towards geometric south, so using Right hand thumb rule we find that current is towards east direction.
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