12.3.B—Describe the force exerted on current-carrying wires by a magnetic field

Describe the force exerted on current-carrying wires by a magnetic field.

• A magnetic field will exert a force on a currentcarrying wire. Relevant equation: BOUNDARY STATEMENT AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism only expects students to perform quantitative analysis of certain cases of current-carrying conductors using the Biot-Savart law, such as at a location along the perpendicular bisector of a straight conductor, at a location along the central axis of a circular loop, or at the center of a segment of a circular loop.