Question

While experimenting with electromagnets, students oriented two like you see in the diagram here. Predict what will happen and explain why.

The two electromagnets will repel; the poles repel.
The two electromagnets will attract; opposite poles attract.
Nothing will happen; electromagnets do not behave like typical bar magnets.
The two electromagnets will repel; the electrical current forces them away from each other.

Answer 1

The two electromagnets will attract; opposite poles attract. This is because electromagnets behave like typical bar magnets and opposite poles attract, while like poles repel.