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17 Jul 2012 00:27:46 IST

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Current Scalar or vector..???

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Electric current is a scalar quantity or vector quantity????

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rajat sharma

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17 Jul 2012 00:31:59 IST

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scalar...coz it has magnitude and direction...........but does not follow triangle law of vector addition!

harika dechiraju

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17 Jul 2012 10:06:36 IST

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it is a scalar.....a vector has to follow laws of vector addition ..only magnitude and direction is not enough....because elec.current does not folllow any of these laws....dat's y it is a scalar!!

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