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A freely suspended bar magnet comes to rest pointing
Aeast-west
Bnorth-south
Cup-down
Dat 45 degrees
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. north-south
The earth's field aligns the magnet, so its north pole points to geographic north.
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