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The tangent to a field line at a point gives the field's:

AWavelength
BDirection
CMagnitude
DFrequency
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Direction
1. A field line is a curve drawn through the field. 2. At each point it runs along the field itself. 3. So its tangent gives the direction of the field there. _Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Chapter 5, Magnetism and Matter._
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