If the iron filings are evenly spread around a bar magnet and then the magnet is shaken a bit, most of the filings are attracted to which portion of the magnet?

In the middle

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On the ends

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Filings are evenly attracted to the magnet

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Unpredictable

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Solution

The correct option is B On the ends
The poles of a bar magnet exerts more magnetic force than the rest of the part of the magnet. That is why most of the iron filings are attracted to the ends of a bar magnet.

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