Why do magnets repel from each other when one is flipped over?

Answer 1

I think that the same poles of two different magnets repel each other because they are not in perfect harmony. They must have the negative and the positive for there to be co-operation. The north for example is the positive and the south is the negative, so one gives off energy and the other need it so they attach. But the opposite poles either push each other away with the excess energy they produce or they go off in seek of the energy they need in another source therefore moving away from each other.

Answer 2

They repel when similar poles (+ or -) are placed near each other, and opposite poles will attract. The reason is that the generated magnetic fields are trying to flow in one direction, and "collide" if flowing in an opposite direction.
Magnets repel each other when they're placed with their like poles together because they create a magnetic field when they're created. While scientists don't rightly know why electromagnetic fields take the shape that they do, their general consensus states that the field leaves one pole and tries to reach the nearest opposite pole that it can, and when you place the like poles together the opposing fields repel one another. The science behind this is much more complex, but that is the easiest answer to understand.

Answer 3

A magnet has 2 poles, a "north" and a "south". Each of these poles has a magnetic field surrounding it, one going outward, one going inward:

)))[magnet])))

^ fields ^

Opposite sides attract because the fields are the same direction:

)))[S N]))) )))[S N])))

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Like sides repel because the fields are going in the opposite direction:

)))[S N]))) ((([N S](((

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Answer 4

Because the force is not all the way through the other side of the magnet

Answer 5

due to magnetic lines of force, like poles repel

Answer 6

The opposite poles of a magnet do not repel, they attract.