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An electric dipole is placed at an angle of with an electric field of intensity It experiences a torque equal to 4 Nm. Calculate the magnitude of charge on the dipole, if the dipole length is 2 cm.
To solve this problem, we need to use the formula for the torque experienced by an electric dipole in an electric field.The torque experienced by a dipole is given by:where:• is the dipole moment.• is the electric field intensity.• is the angle between the dipole and the electric field.Given:• Nm• N/C• The dipole moment is also given by:where:• is the charge on the dipole.• is the separation between the charges (dipole length).Given: cm mSubstitute the known values into the torque formula:Since we have:Simplify:Solve for CConvert the charge to milliCoulombs (mC): mC mCTherefore, the magnitude of the charge on the dipole is mC.This corresponds to Option 4.
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