Multiple choice

To which direction does the North end of a freely suspended magnet point?

  1. Geographical North

  2. Geographical South

  3. Geographical East

  4. Geographical West

  5. None of these
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Explanation

When a magnet is freely suspended, its north pole points toward the Earth's geographic North Pole (which is actually a magnetic south pole). This is why compass needles point north - the magnet's north end is attracted to the magnetic south near Earth's geographic north.

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