in which direction does the north end of a freely suspended magnet points towards

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The earth behaves as a magnetic dipole .  Therefore,  a  freely suspended magnet always points towards in the north-south direction because

• The north  pole of the suspended magnet  attracts  the south pole of the earth's magnet which is the geographical north pole of the earth.
• the south pole of the suspended magnet  attracts  the north pole of the earth's magnet which is the geographical south pole of the earth

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