A dip needle placed within the magnetic meridian at a location on Earth's surface records an angle of dip of . If the vertical component of Earth's magnetic field at this location is , what is the horizontal component of Earth's magnetic field? (Take , , )
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The horizontal component of Earth's magnetic field is .
The horizontal component and vertical component of Earth's magnetic field are related by , where is the inclination or dip angle. Substituting and yields .
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Resolution of Earth's Magnetic Field Components