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Experimental set-up
- Take a bar magnet.
- Put a mark on one of its ends for identification.
- Now, tie a thread at the middle of the magnet so that you may suspend it from a wooden stand.
- Make sure that the magnet can rotate freely.
- Let it come to rest.
- Mark two points on the ground to show the position of the ends of the magnet when it comes to rest.
- Draw a line joining the two points.
- This line shows the direction in which the magnet was pointing in its position of rest.
- Repeat this process by rotating the magnet and mark its position of rest.
Does the bar magnet stop in the same direction each time?
, it is observed that the in the same direction.
In which direction does the magnet stop every time?
The magnet rests in the direction every time.
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