If 2 magnets place on left & right of campass where will it point?

Question

If i place a campass in the middle of 2 magnets, the magnets were placed in its West n East, something like:

| S (magnet) N | - (Campass) - | N (magnet) S |

2 identical magnets
same distant from the campass
same magnetic force

Where will the campass needle point?

Answer 1

middle

Answer 2

First of all before we place the 2 magnets the compass needle will rest in north south direction due to the earths magnetic field..
Later 1 magnet is placed at distance of say x units
Now the needle will deflect at a certain angle depending on the magnetic moment of that magnet.
Then another magnet of same magnetic moment at same distance of x units is placed on the other side.
Again the needle will deviate but in the opposite direction relative to that of the first magnet till the needle rests at equilibrium position which is nothing but that same position of north south direction which the magnet showed when it was kept alone

Answer 3

I think it will point north like it normally does. The north ends of the bar magnet will tend to repel the needle which wants to point to the north pole (which is magnetically south). I think it would be most stable in the north direction but if you could somehow get it pointing south then it might be stable in that direction too because the other two would repel it. I'm just guessing though.

Answer 4

i think the needle will be stable at 45 degrees
the south pole of the needle will be attracted to the one of the north poles of the magnets so the are two north poles have to meet together so the magnets are identical 45 the angle will be

Answer 5

If I understand you ascii diagram correctly, there will be no net torque on the needle. If one of the magnets is even slighty closer or stronger than the other, though, the needle will point to the *other* magnet (opposites attract).

Answer 6

I guess, the compass will always show the resultant magnetic field.
If I understand your diagram correctly, these two magnetic fields will form a net resultant magnetic field and the compass within this resultant field will always follow the lines of force. But in this case where you placed the compass ,I guess there will not be any magnetic field, So compass will show northpole of earth.

Answer 7

magnetic field due to magnets cancel each other, hence needle will point to external field, here earths magnetic field , that is north,

if we do not have earths magnetic field ,it point to where it was initially pointing,that is it does not move at all

Answer 8

the needle will be stationary