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when we suspend a magnetic compass in the Earth's magnetic field, which pole of the compass will align towards Geographic north?

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We know that, the geographic north of earth is nothing but magnetic south pole of earth. And as opposite magnetic pole attracts each other, then north pole of compass gets aligned with the geographic north pole.

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