The horizontal components of earth’s magnetic field at a place is 0.3×10-4 T. If the angle of dip is 600, what is the total earth’s magnetic field?
6×10-3 T
1.5×10-3 T
3×10-4 T
0.6×10-4 T
Given : δ=600;BH=0.3 × 10−4T; Now, BH=Bcosδ
⇒B=BHcosδ=0.3 × 10−4cos600=0.6 × 10−4T