You and your friend Hodges are conducting an experiment with light. Hodges points a light source at you and you measure the peak magnetic field value as B = 1.3 pT. (a) What is the maximum magnitude of the electric field? |V/m (b) What is the maximum intensity of the light source? w/m? (c) What is the average intensity of the light source? W/m2

You and your friend Hodges are conducting an experiment with light. Hodges points a light source at you and you measure the peak magnetic field value as B = 1.3 pT. (a) What is the maximum magnitude of the electric field? |V/m (b) What is the maximum intensity of the light source? w/m? (c) What is the average intensity of the light source? W/m2

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Chapter34: Electromagnetic Waves

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Problem 34.9OQ: An electromagnetic wave with a peak magnetic field magnitude of 1.50 107 T has an associated peak...

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