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Question
State four properties of magnetic field lines.
Solution
Properties of magnetic field lines:
- They are closed and continuous curves.
- They are directed from the North Pole towards the South Pole outside the magnet.
- The tangent at any point on a field line gives the direction of magnetic field at that point.
- Two magnetic lines never intersect each other.
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