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Question:

A short bar magnet of magnetic moment 0.4 JT is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.16 T. The magnet is in stable equilibrium when the potential energy is?

Zero

-0.064J

0.064

-0.082J

Solution:

For stable equilibrium U = -MB = -(0.4)(0.16) = -0.064J.