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A certain dipole has opposite charges of `2xx10^(-5)` separated by a distance of 0.2mm. It is placed in a uniform electric field of `10^(3)Vm^(-1).` (i) find the torque, the field exerts on the dipole when the dipole is at `60^(@)` with respect to the field. (ii) find the work, it would take to rotate the dipole to this position starting with the dipole aligned parallel to the field

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`3.46xx10^(-16)Nvm,2xx10^(-16)J`
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