Solved: You and a friend get lost while hiking, so your friend pulls out a magnetic

Chapter 26, Problem 60

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You and a friend get lost while hiking, so your friend pulls out a magnetic compass to get re-oriented. However, youre standing right under a power line carrying 1.5 kA toward magnetic north; its 10 m above the compass. The horizontal component of Earths magnetic field at your latitude points northward and has magnitude 0.24 G. Will the compass help you find your way?

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