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ISBN: 9780134601823

Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan

Publisher: Pearson,

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Chapter 25, Problem 17P

25.4 and 25.5 Frequency, wavelength, and the electromagnetic spectrum and Mathematical description of EM waves and EM wave energy

* (a) The amplitude of the E → field oscillations in an electromagnetic wave traveling in air is 20.00 N/C What is the amplitude of the B → field oscillations? (b) The amplitude of the B → field oscillations in an electromagnetic wave traveling in a vacuum is 3.00 × 10 − 3 T . What is the amplitude of the oscillations of the E → field?

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