If a bar magnet's neutral region is broken into two, what will most likely occur?

A. The segment thats longer will have a north and south pole.

B. Neither segment will have a north or south pole.

C. One segments will have only a north pole, the other segment will have only a south pole.

D. Each of the two segments of the orginal bar magnet will have a north and south pole.

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Evangeline

21 June, 00:29

If a bar magnet's neutral region is broken into two, what will most likely occur?

A. The segment thats longer will have a north and south pole.

B. Neither segment will have a north or south pole.

C. One segments will have only a north pole, the other segment will have only a south pole.

D. Each of the two segments of the orginal bar magnet will have a north and south pole.

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Sundance · Answer 1

You can think of a magnet as a bundle of tiny magnets, that are jammed together. Each one reinforces the magnetic fields of the others. Each one has a tiny north and south pole. If you cut one in half, the newly cut faces will become the new north or south poles of the smaller pieces.

So the answer is D