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Grade 1010 grade science

why is elecrticity a scaler quantity, even it has both magnitude and direction?

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9 Years agoGrade 10
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9 Years ago
ELECTRICITY IS A SCALAR QUANTITY AS IT DOES NOT FOLLOWS LAW OF VECTOR ADDITION. WE CAN SIMPLY ADD CHARGES ACCORDING TO SIMPLE RULES OF ALGEBRA
THIS IS WHY ELECTRICITY IS CLASSIFIED UNDER SCALAR QUANTITY. VECTOR LAWS LIKE TRIANGLE LAW OF ADDITION AND PARRELOGRAM LAW OF ADDITION ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO IT
REGARDS SAHIL