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Assertion: The poles of magnet cannot be separated by breaking into two pieces.
Reason: The magnetic moment will be reduced to half when a magnet is broken into two equal pieces.

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As we know every atom of a magnet acts as a dipole So poles cannot be separated When magnetic moment of each part will be half of the original magnet .
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