At a certain location in Africa, compass points 
west of geographic north. The north tip of magnetic needle of a dip circle placed in the plane of magnetic meridian points 
above the horizontal. The horizontal component of earth's field is measured to be 0.16 G. The magnitude of earth's field at the location is
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A
Here, 
, dip angle, 
Then magnitude of earth's field.
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