You are standing on the equator of the Earth, facing North, and a long, straight, horizontal wire is suspended about 2 meters in front of you at shoulder height and runs East-West. It carries a current which flows from East to West. The same positively charged particle as in the earlier question flies past you at shoulder height (exactly the same height as the wire), traveling from East to West (parallel to the wire), about 1 meter in front of you.

(a) The charged particle is moving through a magnetic field due to the current in the wire. Use Right Hand Rule #2 to determine the direction of this magnetic field. Choose from East, West, North, South, Up toward the sky, and Down toward the center of the Earth.

(b) Use Right Hand Rule #1 to determine the force on the charged particle due to the current in the wire. Choose from East, West, North, South, Up toward the sky, and Down toward the center of the Earth.