If you have two similar bars, one a magnet and another a piece of iron

1.	If you have two similar bars, one a magnet and another a piece of iron. Can you find out which one of these is a magnet? Explain the process.
Answer» 1. We will take a bar magnet. We have to identify two identical bars A and B. One as a magnet and the other as a simple bar. 2. To identify, we have to bring our magnet to both the ends of bars A and B one after another. 3. It is easy to locate the magnet. It attracts the bar magnet when pointed to its one end and repels if pointed to the other end. 4. The iron bar will be attracted by the magnet in both situations.

If you have two similar bars, one a magnet and another a piece of iron. Can you find out which one of these is a magnet? Explain the process.

Answer»

1. We will take a bar magnet. We have to identify two identical bars A and B. One as a magnet and the other as a simple bar.

2. To identify, we have to bring our magnet to both the ends of bars A and B one after another.

3. It is easy to locate the magnet. It attracts the bar magnet when pointed to its one end and repels if pointed to the other end.

4. The iron bar will be attracted by the magnet in both situations.