A bar magnet is split into three pieces. How many poles in total will exist now?

two

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three

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six

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four

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Solution

The correct option is C six
Let us suppose we have a bar magnet. If this bar magnet gets broken into three pieces, these three pieces will also be three independent magnets.
Now since we know that every magnet has two poles, namely- north and south, each of these 3 pieces will also have 2 poles.
Therefore, there will be 6 poles in total.

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