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Car game:
1. Take two small toy cars and label them \(A\) and \(B\).
2. Place a bar magnet on top of each car along its length and fix them with rubber bands as shown in the figures.
3. In car \(A\), keep the south pole of the magnet towards its front.
Car \(A\)
4. Place the magnet in opposite direction in car \(B\).
Car \(B\)
5. Place the two cars close to one another.
5. Place the two cars close to one another.
Car \(A\) facing car \(B\)
6. Now, place the toy cars close to each other such that the rear side of car \(A\) faces the front side of car \(B\) as shown in the figures.
Rear side of car \(A\) facing the front of car \(B\)
What do you observe? Record your observations in a table as shown in the given table format.
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Position of the cars | How do the cars move? |
Front of car \(A\) facing the front of car \(B\) | |
Rear of car \(A\) facing the front of car \(B\) | |
Car \(A\) placed behind car \(B\) | |
Rear of car \(B\) facing the front of car \(A\) |
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Do two similar poles attract or repel each other? What about opposite poles — do they attract or repel each other?
Two similar poles each other and the opposite poles each other.