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If the intensity of geomagnetic field at a place on the magnetic equator of the earth be `28A.m^(-1)` , the horizontal component of the geomagnetic intensity there is

A

`28A.m^(-1)`

B

`gt28A.m^(-1)`

C

`lt28A.m^(-1)`

D

zero

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