Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 25 - Electromagnetic Waves - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 902: 48

Answer

$43.4\frac{V}{m}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $I_{max}=c\epsilon_{\circ}E_{max}^2$ This simplifies to: $E_{max}=\sqrt{\frac{I_{max}}{c\epsilon_{\circ}}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $E_{max}=\sqrt{\frac{5.00}{(3.00\times 10^8)(8.85\times 10^{-12})}}=43.4\frac{V}{m}$
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