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An electric dipole with dipole moment 5×10-7 C m is in the electric field of 2×104 N C-1 at an angle of 60° with the direction of the electric field. The torque acting on the dipole is

  1. A 9×10-3 N m
  2. B 1×10-4 N m
  3. C 8.66×10-3 N m
  4. D 2.88×10-3 N m
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(C) 8.66×10-3 N m

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The torque is calculated by doing vector product of dipole moment and the electric field. ⇒τ=PEsinθ⇒τ=5×10-7×2×104×32=8.66×10-3 N m
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