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Does poles alike repel or attract?

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They repel.

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Do magnetic poles that are alike attract?

alike magnetic poles do not attract because according to the law of magnetism, it is stated that unlike magnetic poles attract and alike poles repel.


How do the poles of a magnet attract or repel?

Unlike poles attract and like poles repel. This applies to charged particles and magnets alike.


When magnets repel and attract what does that mean?

Like poles repel and opposite poles attract.


Magnetic poles that are alike?

No, there are two magnetic poles denoted by North (N) and South (S). N does not attract N, S does not attract S. N & S attract each other. Like pole repel.


State the rule that describes the behavior of magnetic poles?

Same poles attract where as opposite poles repel. N-N= repel N-S=attract S-N=attract S-S=repel


What are the rules that tell whether two magnets will attract and repel?

The opposite poles attract and similar poles repel.


Do North poles attract North poles?

We know that like magnetic poles repel and opposite magnetic poles attract. North will repel north and south will repel south. On the other hand, north and south attract each other.


Explain the saying opposites attract and alikes repel?

Let's pretend that we do not know about the law that opposite poles attract and alike poles repel. We experiment with two magnets. And we find that sometimes we can make the magnets repel, and sometimes we can make them attract. Magnets like every other Mass in the universe, are made of Atoms,, including you, and me.


Why do like poles repel?

like poles repel because North to south attract and North to north repel


What poles attract and what poles repel?

poles of the same kind repel one another. poles of differet kinds attract, and this is where the saying ' opposites attract' comes from.


What do like poles on magnets do?

Like poles repel; opposite poles attract.


Do two north poles attract?

they repel