In the hypothetical situation considered in section E18.1, the disturbance in the magnetic field that the jostled charged sheet creates on the x = 0 plane at time t = T reaches position x = R at time

A. t = T ? R/c.
B. t = T.
C. t = T + R/c.
D. One cannot answer without more information.


C. t = T + R/c.

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