Question: Explain why a constant magnetic field does no work on a point charge moving through the field. Since the field does no work, what can

Explain why a constant magnetic field does no work on a point charge moving through the field. Since the field does no work, what can we say about the speed of a point charge acted on only by a magnetic field?

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