Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)

Published by Addison-Wesley
ISBN 10: 0321909100
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-910-7

Chapter 24 - Think and Explain - Page 467-468: 41

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Refrigerator magnets are made with alternating stripes of north and south poles. They are relatively weak because the differing-direction magnetic fields caused by the stripes cancel out when you are only a short distance away.
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