Copper is not a magnetic metal, then why are copper wires attracted to a bar magnet or horse shoe magnet??

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Solution

we know moving charge creates magnetic field, when current flows through the copper wire i.e. charge is moving through the wire due to which magnetic field is produced and therefore copper wire acts like the magnet.

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