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The needle of a dip circle completes 4 oscillations in one minute while vibrating in a vertical plane at right angles to the megnetic meridian. The same needle oscillates 3 times per minute in a horizontal plane at the same place. Find the value of dip at the place

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`60^(@)36'`
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