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Does the force between two current carrying conductors irrespective of their orientation act along the centre of mass? Or is it that the force acts on each point of the wire/conductor?
 

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The force acts at each point on the wire.
 
Why do we represent it with just one vector? Do we sum up all the forces?
 

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