Magnets and magnetic fields

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Question 12
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A long cylinder made of a ferromagnetic material, such as nickel or soft iron, is placed in an initially uniform external magnetic field. The axis of the cylinder is perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field.

Which of the diagrams, W, X, Y, or Z, best represents the resulting magnetic field lines in and around the cylinder?

Magnetic field line patterns

W

Y

X

Z

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