A permanent magnet has a magnetic dipole moment of 0.160 A · m2. The magnet is in the presence of an external uniform magnetic field (provided by current-carrying coils) with a magnitude of 0.0800 T, which makes an angle of 17.0° with the orientation of the permanent magnet.   (a)What is the magnitude of the torque (in N · m) on the permanent magnet?       (b)What is the potential energy (in J) of the system consisting of the permanent magnet and the magnetic field provided by the coils?

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A permanent magnet has a magnetic dipole moment of 0.160 A · m2. The magnet is in the presence of an external uniform magnetic field (provided by current-carrying coils) with a magnitude of 0.0800 T, which makes an angle of 17.0° with the orientation of the permanent magnet.
 
(a)What is the magnitude of the torque (in N · m) on the permanent magnet?
 
 
 
(b)What is the potential energy (in J) of the system consisting of the permanent magnet and the magnetic field provided by the coils?
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