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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 8. Electromagnetic waves

A plane electromagnetic wave travels in free space along the \(x -\) direction. The electric field component of the wave at a particular point of space and time is \(E =6\; Vm^{-1}\) along \(y -\) direction. Its corresponding magnetic filed component, \(B\) would be

  1. A \(2 \times {10^{ - 8}}\,T\) along \(z -\) direction
  2. B \(6 \times {10^{ - 8}}\,T\) along \(x -\) direction
  3. C \(6 \times {10^{ - 8}}\,T\) along \(z -\) direction
  4. D \(2 \times {10^{ - 8}}\,T\) along \(y -\) direction
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(A) \(2 \times {10^{ - 8}}\,T\) along \(z -\) direction

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The direction of propagation of an \(EM\) wave is direction of \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{E}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{B}}\) \(\hat{\mathrm{i}}=\hat{\mathrm{j}} \times \hat{\mathrm{B}}\) \(\Rightarrow \hat{\mathrm{B}}=\hat{\mathrm{k}}\)…
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