A bar magnet is broken in half and the magnetic field around one piece is mapped out. What is wrong with this picture?

A. The field lines are pointing in the wrong direction
B. There is no south pole
C. The field lines should converge on the "N"
D. Nothing; this is how the field looks around a broken magnet


Answer: B

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