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A bar magnet is hung by a thin cotton thread in a uniform horizontal magnetic field and is in equilibrium state. The energy required to rotate it by 60° is W. Now the torque required to keep the magnet in this new position is

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3W2
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2W3
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W3
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3W
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Solution

The correct option is D 3W

Torque acting on the magnet is,τ = MB sin 60° _________ (1)Work done can be written as,W = MB (1 cos 60°) ____(2)From (1) and (2)τW = 3/21/2τ = W3

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