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16.2 Exercise 2

Avg difficulty 2.5

What conclusions did our analysis of Maxwell’s equations lead to about these properties of a plane electromagnetic wave:
(a) the relative directions of wave propagation, of the E field, and of B field,
(b) the speed of travel of the wave and how the speed depends on frequency, and
(c) the relative magnitudes of the E and B fields.

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