Physics GCSE
stating assumptions
What stating assumptions means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of stating assumptions
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Reference: AQA
Giving an assumption such as the conductor being at right angles to the field or the field being uniform, which examiners ask you to state.
Topics that use stating assumptions
- Fleming's left-hand rule (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- conventional current
- Current
- equal and opposite forces
- F = B I l
- field, current and force
- Fleming's left hand rule
- force on a conductor
- interaction of two fields
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