When a bar magnet is broken into two pieces, then:

each piece will have a single pole

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each piece will have two unlike poles

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each piece will have two like poles

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the pieces do not behave as a magnet

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Solution

The correct option is B each piece will have two unlike poles
Magnetic monopoles do not exist in nature. Even if a magnet is broken in half, each half has one north pole and one south pole. Hence, each piece will have two unlike poles

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