Force

The Law of Magnetism

If you lay two bar magnets in a line and place the north pole of one magnet next to the south pole of the other magnet, you will feel the poles pushing toward each other.

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However, if you lay the magnets in a line and place the north pole of one magnet next to the other magnet’s north pole, you will feel the poles as if pulling away from each other.

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You would then have experienced the law of magnetism: opposite poles attract while like poles repel.