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You are provided with iron filings and a bar magnet without labelling the poles of the magnet. Using this...
- How will you identify the poles of the magnet?
- Which part of the bar magnet attracts more iron filings? Why?
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Solution
- When we place the bar magnet in iron fillings a large number of iron fillings stick on the two ends of the bar magnet. These ends are poles of the magnet.
- Poles will attract more iron filings. Because poles have high magnetic strength.
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