Liang is working with an electrical circuit. She replaces a straight electrical wire with a coiled wire. What is Liang most likely trying to do?

A current-carrying wire produces a magnetic field, and coiling the wire makes the fields from its loops reinforce one another. This makes the magnetic field stronger than around a straight wire carrying the same current. So Liang is most likely trying to increase the magnetic field’s strength (choice C).

AI-written and checked against the verified answer.