alleryThe pattern of iron filings suggests that a bar magnet is a magnetic:
ADipole
BDiploma
CDilemma
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Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Dipole
1. Iron filings around a magnet trace out the field.
2. The shape they form matches a familiar electrical case.
3. The pattern suggests that the bar magnet is a magnetic dipole.
4. It has two poles like the two charges of an electric dipole.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 5 'Magnetism and Matter'_
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