🎬how changing the external magnetic field affects the forces on a current-carrying wire

The magnetic force on a current-carrying wire is always perpendicular to both the direction of the current (the yellow wire) and the magnetic field (the blue arrows). The visualization clearly shows this principle in action. As you adjust the magnetic field using the sliders, you can observe how the red force arrows always maintain a 90-degree angle relative to the other two vectors, demonstrating the nature of the vector cross product.

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