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is it possible that the compass is faulty?

Homework Statement A student finds an old magnet at the back of a drawer containing other magnets. He designs an experiment to find out if it is still magnetised. (i) He brings a plotting compass near to end A of the old magnet, as shown in the first part of the image. State the...

Is it possible for a magnet to have same poles? i saw a question in which the compass points the same way in both ends.