Question: At a given instant, a proton moves in the positive x direction through a magnetic field in the negative z direction. What is the direction

At a given instant, a proton moves in the positive x direction through a magnetic field in the negative z direction. What is the direction of the magnetic force? Does the proton continue to move in the positive x direction? Explain.

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