The plane of the dip circle is set in the geographical meridian and apparent dip is θ1. It is then set in a vertical plane perpendicular to the geographical meridian, the apparent dip becomes θ2. The angle of declination α at that place is given by
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a
tan α=tan θ1tan θ2
b
tan α=tan2 θ1+tan2 θ2
c
tan α=tan θ1tan θ2
d
tan α=tan θ2tan θ1
answer is C.
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tan θ1=tan θcos α and d tan θ2=tan θcos 90∘−α=tan θsin α⇒cos α=tan θtan θ1 .....(1)and sin α=tan θtan θ2 ....(2)Dividing (2) by (1), we havetan α=tan θ1tan θ2.