A sinusoidal electromagnetic wave is propagating in vacuum. At a given point P and at a particular time, the electric field is in the +x direction and the magnetic field is in the -y direction. (a) What is the direction of propagation of the wave?
(b) If the intensity of the wave at point P is what is the electric field amplitude at that point? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, ?0 = 4? × 10-7 T ? m/A, ?0 = 8.85 × 10-12 C2/N ? m2)
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: (a) -z direction (b) 16 V/m
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