Why poles of machine are always even?

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why poles of machine are always even?
 
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Assuming you are talking about motors, these are magnetic poles which always come in pairs. Every north pole has a corresponding south pole.

If you wind wire around a nail to make an electromagnet, you have created 2 poles.