Question

True of false ?
if a magnet is broken in half, the resulting two magnets will have four poles.

Answer 1

It is impossible to make magnetic monopoles from a bar magnet. If a bar magnet is cut in half, it is not the case that one half has the north pole and the other half has the south pole. Instead, each piece has its own north and south poles. A magnetic monopole cannot be created from normal matter such as atoms and electrons, but would instead be a new elementary particle.

Answer 2

I get it. im just not sure what the question is asking. If you break a magnet in half it will have two poles not four right? so the answer if False ?

Answer 3

the 2 new ones will have 2 poles each like the original. So 4 poles total.

Answer 4

as per question it is right total poles of two halves are 4

Answer 5

ohh okay got it. thank you!