Question: A segment of a wire which carries a current does not experience a magnetic field. How is the wire possibly oriented for this to be

A segment of a wire which carries a current does not experience a magnetic field. How is the wire possibly oriented for this to be true? 


a. The wire's current is perpendicular to the magnetic field. 


b. The magnetic field cycles around the wire.


c. The wire's current is in the same direction as the magnetic field. 


d. The wire's current is in the opposite direction as the magnetic field.

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