Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 25 - Electromagnetic Waves - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 902: 58

Answer

(a) $1.6mT$ (b) The amplitudes will be increased by a factor of $\sqrt 2$.

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that $B=\sqrt{2u_{\circ}u_{avg}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $B=\sqrt{2(4\pi \times 10^{-7})(1.0)}$ $B=1.6mT$ (b) As the energy density is directly proportional to the square of the field amplitude, the amplitudes will be increased by a factor of $\sqrt 2.$
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