If a magnet is floated on a cork in water and balanced on a sharpone end will point east and the orther will point west?

If a magnet is floated on a cork in water and balanced on a sharp end, it will align itself with the Earth's magnetic field. One end of the magnet will point toward the magnetic north (which is actually near the geographic south pole) and the other end will point toward the magnetic south. Therefore, if one end points east, the other end will point west, but this is not a typical alignment; usually, it aligns north-south. The orientation depends on the specific magnetic properties of the magnet used.