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Grade 12Electromagnetic Induction

Why don’t two magnetic lines of force intersect each other?

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

The magnetic field lines never intersect each other as an intersection of the field lines means the magnetic field at that point has two directions, which is not possible because the resultant force on a pole (north/south) at any point can only be in one direction.

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