Question

in which direction does the north end of a freely suspended magnet points towards

Answer 1

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The earth behaves as a magnetic dipole . Therefore, a freely suspended magnet always points towards in the north-south direction because

• The north pole of the suspended magnet attracts the south pole of the earth's magnet which is the geographical north pole of the earth.
• the south pole of the suspended magnet attracts the north pole of the earth's magnet which is the geographical south pole of the earth

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