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A plane electromagnetic wave travelling in vacuum along Z-direction .What can you say about the direction of its electric and magnetic field vectors

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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
Dear student

The electromagnetic wave travels in a vacuum along the z-direction. The electric field (E) and the magnetic field (B) are in thex-yplane. They are mutually perpendicular.

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