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Explain why a freely-suspended magnet rests in a North-South direction and how this is used in a compass for navigation?

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Answer 1

Answer:

freely suspended magnet always points in the North-South direction even in the absence of any other magnet. This suggests that the Earth itself behaves as a magnet which causes a freely suspended magnet (or magnetic needle) to point always in a particular direction: North and

South.

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Answer 2

Answer:

because there. magnetic field of the earth and that magnetic applies torque on the magnet to make it point on the north -south direction.

actually the direction somewhat depends on the place where the magnet is suspended.

if it is suspended at the poles then it will point in the vertical direction because the field there is going in the earth towards the core.

the magnet points along the magnetic meridian.