Chapter 31: Q. 13 (page 901)
What is the electric field amplitude of an electromagnetic wave whose magnetic field amplitude is
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The electric field amplitude of an electromagnetic wave is.
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Chapter 31: Q. 13 (page 901)
What is the electric field amplitude of an electromagnetic wave whose magnetic field amplitude is
The electric field amplitude of an electromagnetic wave is.
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shows the voltage across a capacitor. Draw a graph showing the displacement current through the capacitor as a function of time.

a. Show that and , the energy densities of the electric and magnetic fields, are equal to each other in an electromagnetic wave. In other words, show that the wave’s energy is divided equally between the electric field and the magnetic field.
b. What is the total energy density in an electromagnetic wave of intensity ?
A rocket zooms past the earth at . Scientists on the rocket have created the electric and mag-netic fields shown in FIGURE EX31.5. What are the fields measured by an earthbound scientist?

The intensity of an electromagnetic wave is . What will the intensity be if:
a. The amplitude of the electric field is doubled?
b. The amplitude of the magnetic field is doubled?
c. The amplitudes of both the electric and the magnetic fields are doubled?
d. The frequency is doubled?
Laboratory scientists have created the electric and magnetic fields shown in FIGURE EX31.3. These fields are also seen by scientists who zoom past in a rocket traveling in the x-direction at . According to the rocket scientists, what angle does the electric field make with the axis of the rocket?

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