College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 19 - Conceptual Questions - Page 750: 1

Answer

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Work Step by Step

The direction of the electric field and force are the same. But in case of the magnetic field, its direction is mutually perpendicular to the directions of velocity and force, thus it cannot be defined as magnetic force per unit charge.
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