Magnetism Question 55
Question: At a place, if the earth’s horizontal and vertical components of magnetic fields are equal, then the angle of dip will be
[SCRA 1994; DCE 2001; MP PMT 2002]
Options:
A) $ 30{}^\circ $
B) $ 90{}^\circ $
C) $ 45{}^\circ $
D) 0°
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
$ B _{V}=H _{H}\tan \varphi ; $ If $ B _{V}={B _{H,}} $ then $ \tan \varphi =1 $ or $ \varphi =45^{o} $
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