JEE MAIN - Physics (2016 - 9th April Morning Slot - No. 13)

A magnetic dipole is acted upon by two magnetic fields which are inclined to each other at an angle of 75o. One of the fields has a magnitude of 15 mT. The dipole attains stable equilibrium at an angle of 30o with this field. The magnitude of the other field (in mT ) is close to
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Explanation

For equilibrium,

net torque acting on dipole is = 0

$$ \therefore $$   $$\tau $$1 = $$\tau $$2

$$ \Rightarrow $$   mB1 sin$$\theta $$1 = mB2 sin$$\theta $$2

$$ \Rightarrow $$   B2 = B1 $$ \times $$ $${{\sin {{30}^o}} \over {\sin {{45}^o}}}$$

=   15 $$ \times $$ $$\sqrt 2 $$ $$ \times $$ $${1 \over 2}$$ =

=  10.6 mT $$ \simeq $$ 11 mT

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