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Carbon and its Compounds
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Is electric current a scalar quantity or a vector quantity? Give reason.

Answer

Electric current is a scalar quantity.

Law of vector addition do not apply to the addition of electric currents. Law of ordinary algebra is used for adding electric current.

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